Uncovering 'Bondo Betty': Stark County's Mastodon Discovery 55 Years Later

In 1970, real estate developer Roger DeVille discovered the skeletal remains of an Ice Age female mastodon, nicknamed Bondo Betty, in Stark County, Ohio. The bones, mostly real and well-preserved, are now on display at the William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, making it one of the most complete and significant mastodon fossils in Ohio, with the discovery marking its 55th anniversary.