near Harrison, Nebr.
Visited: August 19, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 80 of 353
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WHAT IS IT?
Area from which fossilized remnants of a Miocene Era (23 million years ago) savannah ecosystem have been unearthed.
BEAUTY (3/10)
Just rolling hills of wavy grass.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE (8/10)
20 million years ago, the Nebraska panhandle strongly resembled the Serengeti Plains of Tanzania and Kenya. Just [...]
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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
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