Reflections: Large flying lizard found 100 years ago

100 years ago

June 19, 1913

Winged Lizard

Under date of June 16 a dispatch from Casper says that Dr. F. Salathe and D. van Wagner, geologists, have discovered a perfect silicified skeleton of a very large flying lizard. It measures about 70 feet in length and has a spread of wings nearly 80 feet. This discovery was made in the fossil fields about 18 miles from Casper.

75 years ago

June 16, 1938

Bug work

According to an announcement from forestry headquarters in Laramie, another two weeks will complete the “bug work” on the Medicine Bow Forest for the present season. The work will likel...

 

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