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Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock — Continued from page 1 Not All Dinosaurs Were Huge — Continued from page 1
Photos by Deb Spalding Photo by James Rada, Jr.
moved across the
mud flats, seeking
water and leaving
behind their prints in
the mud.
Today, a portion
of the former lake is
a lush, green farm
owned by John and
Linda Ballenger
in Rocky Ridge.
Although the lake is
gone, a small stream
The 75th BOJC Campire 2015. runs through the
with a graduation of sorts called, Gross beamed from ear to ear as property bordered by
“Fishing with the Masters” where he talked about his grandson, Cole. layers of shale that Graduate students from the University of Nebraska chip away layers
seasoned, expert anglers take a boy He said, “Today was his first time are slowly yielding of shale at Buck Forest Farm in their search for fossils.
fishing to where the big trout frolic. fishing, and he caught four trout— their secrets.
Cole Shanholtz, a first-year the maximum you can get—and had Although the Ballengers call The visit to The Fulton Site was
participant in the BOJC, and his an awesome day.” their property Buck Forest Farm, productive in that some additional
father, Brian Shanholtz, were Cole said his favorite part was, among geologists, archeologists, fossils were unearthed. Robert
beaming with pride, along with a “reeling them in.” and research papers, the property is Weems of the U.S. Geological Survey
few hundred other young fishermen Gross said that he will continue referred to as The Fulton Site. found fossils of tiny prehistoric
at the 75th campfire of the to share the love of angling and the In 1994, John Edwards with the shrimp called Cacostrian (or
Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock. lessons of conservation with his Maryland Geological Survey told freshwater clam shrimp) that made
During the campfire, first-year grandsons, as he did with his sons. Linda Ballenger that there might faint half-moon impressions in the
participants received their BOJC About the BOJC, he said, “It’s the be dinosaur tracks on her property. shale.
patch. greatest organization on earth!” Linda examined the area Edwards “We hit pay dirt both literally
Cole’s sponsor is his grandfather, Each year, a plaque with the identified, but didn’t do anything and figuratively,” Weems said, as he
Randy Gross of Keymar, Maryland. current year president’s name is with the information for ten years. held up the find. Some researchers
Randy sponsored two of his added to the monument in front of That’s when she read an article believe the clam shrimp found on the
sons, Jason and Joe, in the early the Thurmont Food Bank building by Richard D. L. Fulton about an property to be a unique species.
1990s. Now he has nineteen along Hunting Creek. Emmitsburg quarry where fossils had Some of the other finds at the site
grandchildren—eleven are boys that For more information about the been found. Linda contacted Fulton include a nicely preserved imprint
he plans to sponsor through the Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock, and told him that her farm might of a fish about four inches long. The
BOJC program. please visit www.bojcmd.wordpress. have dinosaur tracks. fins, teeth, and scales can all be seen.
com/. Fulton came out to the farm and Paul Olsen of Columbia University
confirmed what Linda had been said that it represents the oldest
told. He then asked permission to dinosaur-age fish found to date east
begin studying the farm for other of the Mississippi River. The head of
prehistoric fossils. Since 2004, his a second smaller fish appears to be
search has yielded thousands of jutting out of the head area of the
reptile tracks, skin impressions and four-inch fish, suggesting it may have
bones, millipede and insect tracts, been in the process of being eaten by
plant fossils, and fossil freshwater the larger one.
shrimp and fish. The footprints of two types of
The site has also attracted reptiles, resembling dicynodonts—
attention from researchers in the one a mouse-size species and the
United States and abroad. Most other a larger animal, about the size
recently, a group of graduate of a cat—have been found as well,
students from the University of along with the fossils of coelacanth
Duncan Besch, Dustin Herald, Josh Small, Ethan Fuss, Zach Bryant, Dan Hoke, and Mark Small are Nebraska toured the site on May scales.
shown during the BOJC 75th Anniversary Dinner. 13. They picked at the shale with Following the exploration of The
their hammers and studied the pieces Fulton Site, the group traveled up
through loupes to see what had been to the Fairfield Quarry in Fairfield,
unseen for millions of years. Pennsylvania, to view the dinosaur
Jean Self-Trail, a geologist with the tracks that were found there decades
U.S. Geological Survey, led the group, ago.
which was touring geological sites “Today typifies the experience we
from North Carolina to Pennsylvania. have had doing research at this site
“This is part of a field course for for eight years. We can seem to get
these students to look at different twenty Nebraska university students
types of geology,” said Self-Trail. from 1,000 miles away to work on
“They usually go someplace like the site, but haven’t even been able
England or Spain, but, this year, we to get but one Maryland university
wanted to study the East Coast.” student from some 50 miles away
In between digging at some of to work on the site,” said Fulton,
the sites, the students are engaged in who is the lead lay-professional
various study exercises. paleontologist.
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Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock — Continued from page 1 Not All Dinosaurs Were Huge — Continued from page 1
Photos by Deb Spalding Photo by James Rada, Jr.
moved across the
mud flats, seeking
water and leaving
behind their prints in
the mud.
Today, a portion
of the former lake is
a lush, green farm
owned by John and
Linda Ballenger
in Rocky Ridge.
Although the lake is
gone, a small stream
The 75th BOJC Campire 2015. runs through the
with a graduation of sorts called, Gross beamed from ear to ear as property bordered by
“Fishing with the Masters” where he talked about his grandson, Cole. layers of shale that Graduate students from the University of Nebraska chip away layers
seasoned, expert anglers take a boy He said, “Today was his first time are slowly yielding of shale at Buck Forest Farm in their search for fossils.
fishing to where the big trout frolic. fishing, and he caught four trout— their secrets.
Cole Shanholtz, a first-year the maximum you can get—and had Although the Ballengers call The visit to The Fulton Site was
participant in the BOJC, and his an awesome day.” their property Buck Forest Farm, productive in that some additional
father, Brian Shanholtz, were Cole said his favorite part was, among geologists, archeologists, fossils were unearthed. Robert
beaming with pride, along with a “reeling them in.” and research papers, the property is Weems of the U.S. Geological Survey
few hundred other young fishermen Gross said that he will continue referred to as The Fulton Site. found fossils of tiny prehistoric
at the 75th campfire of the to share the love of angling and the In 1994, John Edwards with the shrimp called Cacostrian (or
Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock. lessons of conservation with his Maryland Geological Survey told freshwater clam shrimp) that made
During the campfire, first-year grandsons, as he did with his sons. Linda Ballenger that there might faint half-moon impressions in the
participants received their BOJC About the BOJC, he said, “It’s the be dinosaur tracks on her property. shale.
patch. greatest organization on earth!” Linda examined the area Edwards “We hit pay dirt both literally
Cole’s sponsor is his grandfather, Each year, a plaque with the identified, but didn’t do anything and figuratively,” Weems said, as he
Randy Gross of Keymar, Maryland. current year president’s name is with the information for ten years. held up the find. Some researchers
Randy sponsored two of his added to the monument in front of That’s when she read an article believe the clam shrimp found on the
sons, Jason and Joe, in the early the Thurmont Food Bank building by Richard D. L. Fulton about an property to be a unique species.
1990s. Now he has nineteen along Hunting Creek. Emmitsburg quarry where fossils had Some of the other finds at the site
grandchildren—eleven are boys that For more information about the been found. Linda contacted Fulton include a nicely preserved imprint
he plans to sponsor through the Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock, and told him that her farm might of a fish about four inches long. The
BOJC program. please visit www.bojcmd.wordpress. have dinosaur tracks. fins, teeth, and scales can all be seen.
com/. Fulton came out to the farm and Paul Olsen of Columbia University
confirmed what Linda had been said that it represents the oldest
told. He then asked permission to dinosaur-age fish found to date east
begin studying the farm for other of the Mississippi River. The head of
prehistoric fossils. Since 2004, his a second smaller fish appears to be
search has yielded thousands of jutting out of the head area of the
reptile tracks, skin impressions and four-inch fish, suggesting it may have
bones, millipede and insect tracts, been in the process of being eaten by
plant fossils, and fossil freshwater the larger one.
shrimp and fish. The footprints of two types of
The site has also attracted reptiles, resembling dicynodonts—
attention from researchers in the one a mouse-size species and the
United States and abroad. Most other a larger animal, about the size
recently, a group of graduate of a cat—have been found as well,
students from the University of along with the fossils of coelacanth
Duncan Besch, Dustin Herald, Josh Small, Ethan Fuss, Zach Bryant, Dan Hoke, and Mark Small are Nebraska toured the site on May scales.
shown during the BOJC 75th Anniversary Dinner. 13. They picked at the shale with Following the exploration of The
their hammers and studied the pieces Fulton Site, the group traveled up
through loupes to see what had been to the Fairfield Quarry in Fairfield,
unseen for millions of years. Pennsylvania, to view the dinosaur
Jean Self-Trail, a geologist with the tracks that were found there decades
U.S. Geological Survey, led the group, ago.
which was touring geological sites “Today typifies the experience we
from North Carolina to Pennsylvania. have had doing research at this site
“This is part of a field course for for eight years. We can seem to get
these students to look at different twenty Nebraska university students
types of geology,” said Self-Trail. from 1,000 miles away to work on
“They usually go someplace like the site, but haven’t even been able
England or Spain, but, this year, we to get but one Maryland university
wanted to study the East Coast.” student from some 50 miles away
In between digging at some of to work on the site,” said Fulton,
the sites, the students are engaged in who is the lead lay-professional
various study exercises. paleontologist.
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