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Amateur paleontologist opens fossil museum in rural Minnesota

Sara Kiley Watson

created: Sept. 26, 2025, 2 p.m. | updated: Oct. 6, 2025, 2:05 p.m.

When Jim Pollard first laid eyes on the small town of Blue Earth, Minnesota, he was out on a fossil digging trip with his sons. The Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History is on Main Street in Blue Earth, Minnesota. Image: Jim Pollard/Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History. Image: Jim Pollard/Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History. Image: Jim Pollard/Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History.

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