The “Big Dig,” as it later came to be known ... Paved streets and suburban neighborhoods now border parts of the almost-23,000-acre national monument, but at the time of the dig 10 miles ...

Before Ice Age Fossils State Park, there was the ‘Big Dig’ — PHOTOS Before Ice Age Fossils State Park was even an idea, there was the Big Dig. From October 1962 to January 1963 ...