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A trip back in time at Indiana's Falls of Ohio State Park

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The limestone Devonian period fossil beds at Falls of the Ohio State Park in Southern Indiana, just across the river from Louisville, Kentucky.
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The limestone Devonian period fossil beds at Falls of the Ohio State Park in Southern Indiana, just across the river from Louisville, Kentucky.

Join Tom Wilmer for a visit with Alan Goldstein, Interpretive Naturalist at The Falls of the Ohio State Park—home to the largest exposed Devonian fossil beds in the world (Devonian is the age before dinosaurs).

Alan Goldstein Falls of Ohio State Park Naturalist
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Alan Goldstein Falls of Ohio State Park Naturalist

The Falls of the Ohio State Park is located on the banks of the Ohio River in Clarksville, Indiana, across from Louisville, Kentucky.

The fossilized sea creatures lived millions of years ago when this area was the floor of a shallow tropical sea. The Falls of the Ohio State Park is located on the banks of the Ohio River in Clarksville, Indiana, across from Louisville, Kentucky.

The park is part of the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area.

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