Marshall P. Felch and His Dinosaur Quarry

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"From the time the first block of that skeleton was removed till the last was taken out—I saw myself to every move made and every blow struck on it—had platforms made—covered with burlap cloth, to receive all the blocks and fragments as they were removed—placed and replaced them many times in position—made and remade maps and diagrams of all the different groups and blocks, used all the devices I could think of to so locate all the parts and fragments that I got the whole so fixed in my mind it would haunt me in my sleep and as I have said before; think I could put together again by moonlight."

    M.P. Felch
    January 6, 1885