In Brief

17" Track Illustration, drawn by Orra Hitchcock, American Journal of Science, 1836

Illustration of "Ornithichnites Gigantens" by Orra White Hitchcock. Image courtesy of American Journal of Science.

This large track appeared as a fold-out in Hitchcock's first article about the fossil footprints in the January 1836 issue of the American Journal of Science. Hitchcock wanted to impress upon his readers that he was not imagining the great size of the footprints and of the beast that must have made them.