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    Open daily 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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  • Digging stick (Image withheld, pending review)

    Date created
    1000 BC–AD 700 (Late Archaic to Middle Woodland period)
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  • Brada inhabilis

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    25 Jul 1962
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  • Muellerina canadensis

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    5 May 1963
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    Collection Date
    1898

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