 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
The 120 acre area encompassing Elephant Rocks State Park was donated to the state of Missouri in 1966 by Dr. John Stafford Brown and his wife, Evangeline (Moon) Brown.
Dr, Brown was born Sept. 26, 1894, in Thomas County, Kansas, but moved to Lamar, Mo., when he was young. He received his education at the Missouri School of Mines (now the University of Missouri-Rolla), George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Columbia University in New York. He was employed as a geologist by the Missouri Geological Survey, the U.S. Geological Survey, and in private industry.
Dr. Brown served as chief geologists for the St. Joseph Lead Co. for more than 30 years. He led the company's zinc mining exploration in New York and, in 1947, he led the team that discovered the Viburnum Trend or Lead Belt in southeast Missouri, the site of one of the world's largest lead deposits. He was the author of two books, many scientific papers, and is best known for his work in the fields of ore deposits in coastal ground waters, and lead isotopes. In 1959, Dr. Brown was awarded the prestigious Penrose Medal of the Society of Economic Geologists.
Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks.
MO-21, Elephant Rocks State Park, 2 miles S. of Bellevue, Iron County Missouri
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