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ESCONI has been visiting St. Paul, IN for Silurian fossils for a long time. In 1990, there was a rather large field trip to St. Paul. While down there, they decided to visit Brookville, IN and Ohio for some Ordovician fossils.
Earl Elliott announced the trip in the April issue of the newsletter... it was a three day affair - April 6th, 7th, and 8th.
FIELD TRIP
ESCONI FIELD TRIP S-E INDIANA & S-W OHIO -
April 6-7-8
MEET: 8:00 A.M. sharp on Saturday April 7 (Eastern Time) PLACE: Super 8 Motel I74 and Route 9 Shelbyville, Indiana
Be ready for a full day of collecting. We have permission to collect in the Waldron Shale at a quarry in this area. This is a Silurian age quarry, where on our last trip we found some trilobites, crinoid heads and stems and numerous other fossils and micros, some of which are replaced by pyrite. Also, come calcite and other minerals are available. The quarry will close around noon and we will head further east to collect in areas around Brookville, Indiana for Ordovician age fossils and who knows what??? It should be fun.
Sunday morning we will collect Ordovician fossils in an area around Oxford, Ohio. I would suggest that Motel people try to stay at the lodge at Hueston Woods State Park. which is 7 miles north of Oxford. Plan to drive back home Sunday afternoon or Monday A.M. if you have an extra day off.
Reservations: Super 8 Motels 1-800-843-1991 (10% VIP Discount) Hueston Woods State Park Lodge 1-800-282-7275 (call A.S.A.P.) Hueston Woods Campground 1-513-523-1060 (call A.S.A.P.)
TO sign-up call Earl Elliott (Field Trip Chairman) 708-698-6246 For camping information call Don Auler (Second VP) 708-832-0479
Adult and junior members of ESCONI in good standing are welcome. Everyone must have a hard hat.
Earl Elliott Field Trip Chairman
April 6th was a travel day, with hotel accommodations at the Super 8 Motel in Shelbyville, IN, which is still there.
They met at 8:00 AM sharp for a full day of collecting. The morning was spent in the St. Paul Quarry.
For the afternoon, Brookville, IN was visited for Ordovician fossils.
On Sunday, they visited Hueston Woods in Ohio. The site of a fossil park in Ohio. Better maps are available online.
From the field trip report in the May 1990 edition of the newsletter, it sounds like everyone had a great time!
FIELD TRIP REPORT
We had a nice turn out for our Arpil field trip to Indiana and Ohio. 42 members of ESCONI were along on the trip.
During our two days of collecting we visited areas around Waldron Indiana, Brookville Indiana and Oxford Ohio. Some nice Silurian and Ordovician fossils were found along with some interesting mineral and micro specimens. The weather was good, a little cool but sunny. Everyone was having such a good time that nobody minded the cool weather. We also were very fortunate to have Dr. Gerrald Haddock along with us to help identify many of our fossil finds. I hope that our many new members that were along on this trip found it interesting and will join us again on our next trip. Field trips are an important part of our study of the Earth sciences and are open to all adult and junior members of ESCONI.
Earl Elliott Field Trip Chairman
Silurian fossils of St. Paul, IN
Ordovician fossils of Brookville, IN and Hueston Woods in Ohio
