‘Riverbluff Cave – Ice Age Time Capsule’ Talk October 5th at Library Center

[George Deatz]

Patrons of all ages are invited to attend Riverbluff Cave – Ice Age Time Capsule at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 5, in the auditorium at the Library Center , 4653 S. Campbell Ave. in Springfield.

 

Matt Forir, executive director of Riverbluff Cave in Greene County , will give an update on findings and developments at the site. The cave was discovered on September 11, 2001, while the county was blasting for a new road. Findings have been dated to the Pleistocene age, which spanned from 11,000 years to 1.8 million years ago.

 

Items from Riverbluff Cave and other sites on loan from the Missouri Institute of Natural Science are currently on display in the concourse of the Library Center.

 

For more information on this free program call the Library Center at 882-0714.

[Cynarra Goodale]

Found this site on an iPhone app when I was looking for something fun to do w/ my daughter. I didn't even know it existed and is pretty close to my house.The staff volunteering at the MO Institute of Natural Science was a wealth of knowledge! Plus, they let you dig for fossils (which isn't difficult b/c they are everywhere, even just on top of the ground above the cave). Fun place to visit!