Tosa protects piece of geologic history; City takes steps to safeguard prehistoric reef, deemed national landmark

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: March 7, 2006| Author: ANNYSA JOHNSON | Copyright information

Wauwatosa Embedded in the bluff above W. State St., between the stately homes of the Washington Highlands and the factories and stores below, is a little-known remnant of Wisconsin's geologic history, so significant it's been designated a national historic landmark.

What looks like mounded outcroppings of rock, all but buried under years of underbrush, are in fact the fossilized remains of a prehistoric reef an ecosystem much like today's coral reefs that thrived during the Silurian...

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