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the daily missoulian (missoula, mont.) 1904-1961 — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1912-11-30
Location: missoula, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the daily missoulian (missoula, mont.) 1904-1961 · 1912-11-30 · page 01
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1912-11-30 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “giant bird”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... the 7Mtsle i process." A GIANT BIRD. New York, Nov. 29. --Part of a giant bird which winged Its way over North America 3,000,000 years ago, has just been brought to the Amer ican Museum of Natlionall Hlistory byI Professor \Valter (,ranger, who has been making fossil ilvestigations in Wyoming. T'I'he bird, ae'cording to Professolr (I Iranger, was the largest feathered l creature Ihat ever existed in North Anerica. PARK TROOPS USE GUNS TO KEEP BACK THE ELK Livingston, Nov. 29. -F l'or severals days all of the soldiers from Fort Yellowstone have 'een on the 1holln dary line firing blank cartridges in an r effort to keep the elk within the re serves of ...

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