Jefferson Era in Jefferson, Iowa

Pre Historic Man in Great Britain and Other Notes

An 19th century communication argues Britain’s ancient humans lived with hyenas bears tigers elk reindeer bison and other animals. Evidence includes bones in caves river deposits with human remains and tools. mammoth horse and bison abundant while others rarer. Climate shifts joined Europe to Britain, glaciers in mountains, later seas rose and reindeer moved north. Also notes include a bar meeting report in Sulma Alabama praising General Grant Sherman and Meade, reflections on Congress and Reconstruction, a sharp critique of newspapers’ columnists, and a report from Ashtabula Sentinel about swarms of snow fleas in January.