Cohoes in Albany County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Cohoes Mastodon
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, March 7, 2011
1. Cohoes Mastodon Marker
Cohoes
Mastodon
Found September 1866
Now in N. Y. State Museum
Erected 1932 by New York State Education Department.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Paleontology. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1866.
Location. 42° 46.976′ N, 73° 42.41′ W. Marker is in Cohoes, New York, in Albany County. Marker is on North Mohawk Street near Front Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is at the north end of the large former mill building known as Harmony Mills. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 North Mohawk St, Cohoes NY 12047, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. A Park Named Craner * Cohoes Recalls a Hero (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Misty 17 (about 700 feet away); The Cohoes Mastodont (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sightseeing / Cataract House, Cohoes Falls, N.Y. (approx. ¼ mile away); The Erie Canal (approx. 0.3 miles away); Cohoes - Waterford Bridge (approx. 0.6 miles away); White Homestead (approx. 0.6 miles away); First Power Mill for the Manufacture of Knit Fabrics (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cohoes.
Regarding Cohoes Mastodon. In
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Also see . . . The Cohoes Mastodon. City of Cohoes website entry (Submitted on March 19, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.)
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, April 2, 2010
2. Cohoes Mastodon Marker - North Mohawk Street & Front Street
New York State Museum website entry:
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Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, March 7, 2011
3. Cohoes Mastodon Marker - Harmony Mill in Background
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, March 23, 2011
4. Cohoes Mastodon Circa 1920
The Cohoes Mastodon was on display in the New York State Education building for many, many years.
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, March 23, 2011
5. Cohoes Mastodon circa 2006
The Cohoes Mastodon was in front lobby of the Cultural Education Center from 1998 to 2006.
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, March 23, 2011
6. Cohoes Mastodon 2011
The bones of the Cohoes Mastodon are now on display inside the museum, at this location since about 2006.
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, March 16, 2011
7. There is a Mastodon in the Cohoes Public Library
This is the first life-size restoration of an American mastodont (mammut Americanus) in the world. It was constructed at the New York State Museum in 1922 by Noah T. Clarke and Charles P. Heidenrich. For over half a century, millions of visitors saw this mastodont and the accompanying exhibits in the State Museum.
This restoration was based partly on the skeleton discovered September 1866 in a pot hole at the base of the Cohes Falls on the Mohawk River. Fifty feet of muck and peat covered the bones, which rested on a bed of clay and broken shale above a layer of water-worn pebbles and gravel.
Mastodons were relatively common in New York State near the end of the last Ice Age - 9,000 to 13,000 years ago. These "elehants with overcoats" browsed on twigs and branches of spruce, hemlock and pine. Undoubtedly extinction of the mastodon was aided by ancient man, who seeking food and hides, hunted these "cousins" of the modern elephant.
This restoration was based partly on the skeleton discovered September 1866 in a pot hole at the base of the Cohes Falls on the Mohawk River. Fifty feet of muck and peat covered the bones, which rested on a bed of clay and broken shale above a layer of water-worn pebbles and gravel.
Mastodons were relatively common in New York State near the end of the last Ice Age - 9,000 to 13,000 years ago. These "elehants with overcoats" browsed on twigs and branches of spruce, hemlock and pine. Undoubtedly extinction of the mastodon was aided by ancient man, who seeking food and hides, hunted these "cousins" of the modern elephant.
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, March 16, 2011
8. Cohoes Mastodon - Cohoes Public Library
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, March 23, 2011
9. Cohoes Mastodon in New York State Museum 2011
This winter scene diorama of a mother and baby mastodon is currently on display in the New York State Museum in Albany.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 8, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 12, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. This page has been viewed 1,851 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 12, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 24, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. 7, 8. submitted on March 19, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. 9. submitted on March 24, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
