One of the most celebrated events of Johnstown's history took place on August 12, 1926. It was the discovery of a nearly complete mastodon skeleton found by tenant farmer James Bailey on the farm of Friend Butt. This location is east of town near the current Bike Path entrance.  Numerous people came to view the excavation of the skeleton.  A Newark businessman bought the skeleton and subsequently sold it to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, where it remains on display today.

More information can be found at:
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
The Harvard Crimson - Mather Unearths Mastodon Remains
Wikipedia - American Mastodon

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