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Cheetah Catcher Stamps Town After multi cheetah chase
Farmer Willie Kotze leads a chase across the bush to trap three cheetahs that killed his sheep as 12 trained archaeologists and department staff pursued them. The effort follows the Texas Highway Department’s archaeology program uncovering more than 800 sites since 1917 and preserving artifacts as highways are built.
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Austin
Texas Highway Department
University of Texas Archaeological Research Laboratories
Highway Department
Witte Memorial Museum
San Antonio
Inner Space Caverns
Interstate Highway 35
Georgetown
West
Texas