“Life Before Fairfield” explores what happened in the area now known as Jefferson County BEFORE the first settlers arrived. Experience the impact of the great glaciers, the movement of prehistoric beasts and the traditions and language of the native peoples of this land. Soaring aerials of prairie grasses and snippets of interviews with archaeologists, Native American tribal historians as well as Dr. Bob Bakker, world-renowned paleontologist of “Jurassic Park” fame all help put together the prehistoric beginnings of one small town in southeast Iowa.