Last month Andrew Harrelson took his fiancee and two daughters to Alaska's Fish River for some salmon fishing. It was a nostalgic trip for Harrelson, who grew up in the nearby village of White Mountain and now lives in Nome. Harrelson had spent his childhood near the river fishing and hunting, and remembered vaguely how his own parents once met here in the search for trout. About 22 years ago, Luann and Daniel Harrelson were fishing near a bend in the Fish River when they dug up a large fossilized mammoth tusk. Little did their son know he was about to make a similar discovery. //
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