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Kickoff - Missouri Valley

Artifact Road Show, Flintknapping Demonstration, and Tarkio
Valley Sloth Display

On the opening from the University materials found in
evening of RAGBRAI of Iowa Museum of western Iowa that
in Missouri Valley, Natural History, were commonly used
Sarah Horgen featuring the Tarkio by prehistoric
(Museum of Natural Valley Giant Sloth peoples will also be
History, The site near Northboro on display, on loan
University of Iowa) in Page County, will from the University
and Daniel Horgen also be on display of Iowa Office of the
(Office of the State along with actual State Archaeologist’s
Archaeologist, The fossils from the Lithic Raw Material
University of Iowa) excavation. A Comparative
will present an flintknapping Collection.
“Artifact Road demonstration Presenters: Sarah
Show” where people performed by Kevin Horgen, UI Museum
are invited to bring Verhulst (Office of of Natural History,
prehistoric artifacts the State and Daniel Horgen,
for identification, Archaeologist, The Office of the State
and learn the best University of Iowa) Archaeologist
way to care for their will introduce When: 4:00pm,
collections. No visitors to the art of Saturday, July 19th
appraisals will be making chipped Where: Campground
given for any stone tools similar to C & D, Missouri
artifacts brought to those created by Valley
the program. A prehistoric Iowans.
traveling exhibit Samples of local raw

The Ice Age sloth The Tarkio Valley
reconstruction Giant Sloth was found
(Megalonyx jeffersonii or
with two juvenile
“Jefferson’s Ground sloths and is the
Sloth”) also known as second most complete
“Rusty” is located in skeleton of this species

the museum’s Iowa in the world!
Hall, which is a
500 million year

timeline
exploring the
natural and

cultural
history of
our state.