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evening capital and maryland gazette (annapolis, md.) 1910-1922 — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1913-02-06
Location: annapolis, maryland, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: evening capital and maryland gazette (annapolis, md.) 1910-1922 · 1913-02-06 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1913-02-06 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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... Biggest Bird. Earts of a giant bird which winged its way over North America 3,000,000 years ago have been brought td the American Museum of Natural History 1 by Prof. Walter Granger, who has been making fossil investigations in Wyoming. The bird, Granger says. v, as the largest feathered creature ‘hat ever existed in North America. The fragments consist of the bones of the feet, found in the Bjg Horn Basin, east of the Yellowstone park. I William Tell Act Failed. John Nye of Shamokin. Pa., was so 0.“ Stanley White was one of the ;.k marksmen in the coal region that 1 lie held a tin can in his hand and told White to ...

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