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This Exotic Granite Boulder

THIS EXOTIC GRANITE BOULDER UNEARTHED DURING SITE EXCAVATION IN 2011, IS BELIEVED TO HAVE FLOATED INTO HILLSBORO ON AN ICE RAFT ABOUT 15,000 YEARS AGO DURING THE CATASTROPHIC MISSOULA FLOODS....

THIS EXOTIC GRANITE BOULDER 
UNEARTHED DURING SITE 
EXCAVATION IN 2011, IS BELIEVED 
TO HAVE FLOATED INTO HILLSBORO ON 
AN ICE RAFT ABOUT 15,000 YEARS AGO 
DURING THE CATASTROPHIC MISSOULA
FLOODS. SCIENTISTS SAY THAT A 200 FT 
HIGH FLOOD OF WATER AND ICE 
MOVING 35,000 TIMES THE VOLUME OF 
NIAGARA FALLS ROARED DOWN THE 
COLUMBIA RIVER DRAINAGE CARRYING 
THIS "ERRATIC" BOULDER WHICH CAME 
FROM MONTANA, IDAHO, OR CANADA

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