John Boellstorff who lives near Brock was 12 years old when he discovered his brother’s rock collection. He’s been traversing creek beds ever since as his life evolved into being a geologist.
He got his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University in 1971 and developed into one of the most noted geologists in the world. He was a researcher at UNL for a long time. A paper he wrote in 1978 documented at lea…