Graham County Historical Society
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Close-up of fossil gopher tortoise (Gopherus sp.) and
mural showing glyptodonts and horses in
foreground, and camels and mastodonts
in the background. The mural was
painted by world-renowned wildlife
and paleontology artist
Charles R. Knight, commissioned
by the American Museum of Natural History
in New York City, based
on their fossil expeditions to
southern Arizona in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
This is a digital copy printed
by the Safford Field Office for the museum.