George McJunkin
George McJunkin (c. 1856–1922)
Biography
Born to
Discovery of Folsom site
After the flood of August 27, 1908 which killed 18 people in Folsom, McJunkin assessed damage at the Crowfoot Ranch.
Giant Bison of the type McJunkin found had gone extinct at the end of the last Ice Age; proof of a human kill established the antiquity of North America's native cultures.[6] McJunkin's discovery of the Folsom site changed New World archaeology, as it showed that people had inhabited North America since at least 9000 BCE, some 7000 years earlier than previously thought.[4]
Death
At his death,[7] McJunkin was buried at the Folsom Cemetery in Folsom, New Mexico.[8]
References
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24993170/george-mcjunkin His tombstone says born in 1856; others claim 1851
- ^ "George McJunkin," Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 10/18/07.
- ^ "George McJunkin 1851-1922". Soul of New Mexico. 2001. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ^ a b c Wilkinson, Brenda. "George McJunkin: A Chapter in New Mexico History". Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ "Hall of Great Westerners". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- ISBN 1-4000-3205-9. pp 165.
- ^ " GEORGE McJUNKIN & ALEŠ HRDLICK" University of Hawaii. Retrieved 10/19/07.
- ^ "Cowboy George McJunkin," Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine Folsom Museum. Retrieved 10/18/07.
Further reading
- Folsom, F. The Life and Legend of George McJunkin, Black Cowboy.
- Hillerman, T. "Othello in Union County", The Great Taos Bank Robbery, (1973);
- ISBN 0-8263-0306-4.
- Kreck, C. (1999) "Out of the Shadows: George McJunkin was the forgotten man at the center of the century's most startling archaeological find", The Denver Post, Empire: Magazine of the West, Feb. 25, 1999. p. 14.
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