Tag: Hillsborough NB
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Remembering Marmaduke: Hillsborough’s Mastodon Tale from 1936
How Marmaduke Became a Local Legend On July 2, 1936, a routine day at a small dam project near a pond in Hillsborough, New Brunswick, took an unexpected turn. Civil engineer C.R. Fancy and his crew were focused on their work when a long-buried mystery surfaced—literally. Amid the tangle of earth and tools, the team…
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Remembering Marmaduke: Hillsborough’s Mastodon that Shaped a Town
Introduction: A Quiet Day Turned Into a Fossil Tale July 2, 1936, began as a routine workday for C.R. Fancy, a civil engineer in Hillsborough, New Brunswick. He and his crew were laying a small dam on a pond near Conrad Osman’s property when the unexpected happened: a fossil dug up from the earth beside…
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Remembering Marmaduke: Hillsborough’s Mastodon and a 1936 Dig That Made History
Introduction: A Day That Became a Discovery On July 2, 1936, a routine civil engineering project in Hillsborough, New Brunswick, was interrupted not by weather or a sudden flood, but by a moment that would echo through local history and paleontology. C.R. Fancy, a civil engineer overseeing a crew on a dam project near a…