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George McJunkin
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George McJunkin

American ranch foreman
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  • Native American
    / The Clovis and Folsom cultures

    In 1908 George McJunkin, a formerly enslaved ranch foreman, reported that the bones of an extinct form of giant bison (Bison antiquus) were eroding out of a wash near Folsom, New Mexico; an ancient spear point was later found embedded in the animal’s skeleton. In 1929 teenager…

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    In 1908 George McJunkin, a formerly enslaved ranch foreman, reported that the bones of an extinct form of giant bison (Bison antiquus) were eroding out of a wash near Folsom, New Mexico; an ancient spear point was later found embedded in the animal’s skeleton. In 1929 teenager…

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