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This ordinary looking rock formation was once the most significant dinosaur find in America. The fossils found here impacted paleontology in the late 1800s like never before. Leading researchers from Yale came to unearth the unprecedented fossil remains, which included many species of dinosaurs and ancient mammals that were new to science. Rivalry over who found what first resulted in many fossils being destroyed to prevent others from getting them. The dig sites are now quite thoroughly cleaned out, and what was there is now housed in a number of museums on the East Coast, including the Smithsonian, the Museum of Natural History (NY) and the National Museum in Washington D.C., but there still remains “The World’s Oldest Building,” a locked-up gift shop constructed of dinosaur bones. The dig site is currently closed to the public. Fossil Cabin Museum is open during the summer months eight miles east of Medicine Bow on State Highway 30.
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