Quincyan Steve Tieken holds the mastodon tooth that was found in 1957 near the bed of Lima Lake in northwest Adams County.

2008-04-19 - Lima, United States , EDWARD HUSAR

Thousands of years ago, the seed of a mystery was planted when a hulking, furry creature the size of a modern-day elephant keeled over and died along a bluff in the northwest corner of Adams County. The carcass of this giant mastodon, a prehistoric species that roamed Illinois until about 11,000 years ago, eventually disappeared, covered by the erosive forces of nature and the sands of time. Then one day in 1957, a farmer named Arthur Andrew was walking along the bluff, several miles southeast o...

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