Fossil Safari

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Warfield Fossils name is derived from it's location at Warfield Springs. The exact age of the Spring itself is unknown, but the water has been tested and it is suggested by a Geologist from Cheyenne that the water has a 3000 year cycle. This means from the time the water has come from the sky and leached through the layers of the Earth and emerges again as cold pure rocky mountain spring water, the duration has been approximately 3000 years. Warfield Springs is located south west of Kemmerer Wyoming. The spring has been a main Watering hole for wildlife, Indians & their livestock for centuries. As white man moved west and began to try and settle the wild country the constant need for good water had become Imperative for survival. The majority of water found in the Kemmerer area is laden with alkali. Hence the spring became a coveted commodity. Through the years the spring has had many uses. It has served vast herds of sheep and cattle; a part of Wyoming's rich ranching history. During prohibition Warfield Springs was known to have provided a perfect supply of Fresh water and excellent hidden location for the local bootleggers. Virl & Shirley Hebdon acquired Warfield Springs and the surrounding property Giving expansion to their Sheep Ranch. On a sunny spring day in 1970 Virl & Rick, Father and son Traveled to Warfield Springs to fill water cans for the Sheep Herders use. It was there that Rick spotted His first fossil fish that had eroded from the creek bank, he was 14...

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