Thomas Condon (1822-1907), minister, missionary, self-taught geologist and paleonthologist discovered the importance of Oregons fossil beds, particularly in todays John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
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1870s <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/8</div>
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