The broad, high grasslands around Denver were the perfect habitat for huge Columbian mammoths and the Paleo-Indians who hunted them.
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Prehistoric Denver: Mile High Mammoths
The broad, high grasslands around Denver were the perfect habitat for huge Columbian mammoths and the Paleo-Indians who hunted them.
Added: Feb 18, 2010
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