Word: tusker
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...announcement of the nature of the discovery created a six day sensation. During the afternoon after Dr. Mather's arrival, over 5,000 people swarmed through Max Hirschberg's gates to view the mastodon's earthly remains. As the excavation continued, it was determined that the Johnstown tusker was the most complete on record, and only one half inch smaller in proportion than the famous Warren mostodon from Newburgh, New York, the largest ever found...