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Excavation at Bone Cabin Quarry, 1898Bone Cabin Quarrywas a dinosaur quarry that laid approximately fifty-five miles northwest ofLaramie, Wyomingnear historicComo Bluff. During the summer of 1897Walter W. Granger, a paleontologist from theAmerican Museum of Natural History, came upon a hillside littered withJurassicperiod dinosaur bone fragments. Nearby was a sheepherder's cabin built entirely out of fossil bones, hence the name "Bone Cabin Quarry." After Granger's discovery in late August 1897, the quarry was kept secret until the summer of 1898, when the manpower could be amassed to undertake a full-scale excavation. Bone Cabin Quarry was excavated from 1898 until 1905, when the productivity of specimens thinned. Some of the dinosaurs found at the Bone Cabin Quarry includeStegosaurus,AllosaurusandApatosaurus.From the Annual Field Report of theAmerican Museum of Natural History, 1898:On June 12th a rich strike was made in opening "Bone Cabin Quarry". This is where the larger part of the year's collection was secured. The work was arduous and additional help was needed. P. Kaisen was engaged at the end of June. The party stayed here until the close of the field season on October 1st.