This is Throwback Thursday #151. 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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Field Museum paleontologist Jingmai O’Connor with the skull of Sue the Tyrannosaurus. (Credit: Katharine Uhrich, Field Museum)
25 Years Ago - March 1998
- The Gem, Mineral, and Fossil show for 1998 was held on February 28th and March 1st.
- The Paleontology Study Group was discussing the Jurassic Period.
- The Chicago Rocks and Mineral Society held their yearly Silent Auction on March 14th, 1998.
- Dino News looked at SUE the T-rex's injuries.
- The newsletter included a reprint of a couple thank you letters from the College of DuPage for a $2000 donation for the Bill Allaway ESCONI Scholarship Fund for geology students.
50 Years Ago - March 1973
- The General Meeting's topic was "The Koster Site Past - Present - Future" by Dr. Stuart Struever. The Koster Site is considered as one of the oldest archaeological site in the midwest.
- The Paleontology Study Group was studying the Mollusks of Grant County in Wisconsin.
- John Ade gave a talk about the "Prehistoric Swiss Lake Dwellers".
- There was a field trip to Sandwich, IL to the Knight Corporation. The subject was Quartz Crystal Growing and Cutting.
- Dick Ade was looking into a Pit 11 display case that was given to the Peabody Coal Company.
- The Fossil of the Month was a two year old Pliocene Horse.... Pseudhipparion retrsum from a gravel quarry near Mission, South Dakota.
- There was a report on the February Indoor Field Trip, which included 27 exhibitors.
70 Years Ago - March 1953
- The Regular Meeting was given by Mr. E. A. Armstrong on "The Great Rock Saucer", which refers to the limestone deposit of the Silurian Sea and it's effect on the present day Chicago area.
- The newsletter included an article by Otho Hegerman about geode collecting in Hamilton, IL.
- "Celite - The Story of the Diatom" appeared in the newsletter. Diatoms are plankton that live in the ocean and form the base of the feed web.
