The Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park is an area of fossils discovered in 1932 by George F. Beck, a geologist of Ellensburg. Because it contains one of the finest natural collections of petrified wood in the country, the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park was designated a National Natural Landmark in October 1965. The fossils of the ginkgo tree were a find of much interest, since they provided the last examples...
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