Spirit the Columbian Mammoth in Fairview, Utah

Spirit the Columbian Mammoth in Fairview, Utah

In 1988 the remains of a full size Columbian Mammoth were found in the mountains of the Wasatch Plateau along what is now UT-31. The mammoth can now be seen in in the nearby Fairview Museum of History and Art.  The specimen was estimated to be around 15,000 years old and was found at an elevation of approximately 9,000 feet - at the time, the highest elevation ever recorded for a mammoth skeleton discovery.  The remains were discovered by accide…