Barnum's Bones

By kellycoleman

  • Barnum Brown is Born

    In Carbondale, Kansas.
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    Fossil Hunting for University of Kansas

    In South Dakota and Wyoming. Collected more than 1400 lbs of fossils.

  • Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn becomes familiar with his work.

    Hired by American Museum of Natural History after Professor Osborn becomes aware of his fossil hunting prowess.

  • More fossil hunting in Wyoming

    Now working for Professor Osborn and the American Museum of Natural History

  • Trip to Patagonia, South America

    Found 4 1/2 tons of fossils, got shipwrecked, almost killed by mountain lion.

  • Triceratops Horn, given to him by friend.

    Given to him by William Hornaday, director of the New York Zoological Park, found in the badlands of Montana.

  • Trip to badlands of Montana

    Not very successful trip at first, but eventually yields a few large, unique bones.

  • Trip to Hell Creek

    Finds more bones. In the off season, he cleans and assembles, eventually naming the new dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus Rex.

  • New trip to a new area of badlands

    After a lot of work, with little help or support, Barnum finds an almost complete T-Rex skeleton.
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    Rest of Barnum's Life

    He traveled the world, conducting research and collecting fossils. From Canada to India, Cuba to the war torn Europe, Barnum Brown traveled and collected, becoming a legend.