This is Throwback Thursday #67. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc ...), please sent them to [email protected]. Thanks!
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25 Years Ago – July/August 1996
- Dave Bergmann was named “Rockhound of the Year” by the Midwest Federation.
- A field trip was planned in August that included a stop at “Red Metal Days” at Michigan Technological University in Houghton. In the present day the event is called “Keweenaw Mineral Days” and is still going on.
- George Langford Jr. sent ESCONI the original notebook manuscripts for Langford books one and two and the unpublished book three. ESCONI donated these historical documents to the Illinois State Museum.
- The 1996 ESCONI Library Catalog was published in the newsletter.
50 Years Ago – July/August 1971
- The "Micromount of the Month" was Goethite
- Tony Sobolik wrote about the Paleontology Field Trip to Tunnel Mill in Indiana, Sulphur Kentucky, the Louisville Cement Quarry in Speed, IN, and a road cut in Harrodsburg, KY. The field trip lasted from Friday, May 29th to Monday May 31st. Wow, they really knew how to collect back then!
- “Life is a grindstone and whether it grinds a man down or polished him up depends on the stuff he’s made of”. From the Ozark Earth Science News.
- “If you with litter will disgrace
And spoil the beauty of this place
May indigestion rack your chest
And ants invade your pants and vest!”
From “Rock Talk”
