Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1913 — In Prehistoric Days. [ARTICLE]

In Prehistoric Days.

Ilford, in Essex, England, is famous in the annals of geological research, discoveries there giving an idea of the dangerous state of the Thames valley at an early date in its history. The elephant, the rhinoceros and the bear roamed wild and the prehistoric trav. eler who dodged them still ran the risk of encountering the tiger or the bison. The number of teeth discovered at Ilford shows the elephant to have been particularly common.