The land you walk on, the waterways you enjoy, and the plants and animals of Lorain County are all clues to things that have happened in the past.
Geologists are scientists who study the Earth's crust, rocks, and formations.
In Ohio they dug down through layers of sandstone and shale, limestone and rock-salt. All of this stone is a clue that millions of years ago an ocean covered Oberlin and the rest of Ohio. Prints of fishes and sea creatures were found in these rocks. These prints are called fossils . One of the first living things were animals called Trilobites.