Tag: FieldTrip
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ESCONI Field Trip to Danville Shale Pile Fossils – Saturday, September 27th, 2025
Danville Field Trip Rules for Saturday, September 27th, 2025 An ESCONI field trip to the Danville IL Shale Pile for Pennsylvanian fossils is scheduled for Saturday September 26, 2025 starting at 10 AM. This is on private property and there is an attendance limit of 25 people. The gate will be secured once we are…
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Throwback Thursday #267: Old Cars
This is Throwback Thursday #267. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. We have something a little different today. We post many old photos here and quite a few…
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ESCONI Events for May 2025
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, May 3rd ESCONI Mineralogy Study Group – 7:30 PM – Topic: “Herkimer Diamond Mines” by Elizabeth Thielen In-person at College of DuPage: Technical Education Center (TEC) Building – Room 1038B (Map). Fri, May 9th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “Combining…
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Throwback Thursday #253: Field Trip to the Field Museum in February 1971
This is Throwback Thursday #253. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. ESCONI had a field trip to the Field Museum in February 1971. This announcement appeared in the…
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Throwback Thursday #252: Field Trip to Thornton Quarry – April 24th, 1955
This is Throwback Thursday #252. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. If you live on the southside of Chicago, you are probably aware of the large holes on…
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Throwback Thursday #235: Field Trip to Rosiclare, IL for Fluorite
This is Throwback Thursday #235. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Have you heard of the Fluorspar Festival? It’s held in Rosiclare, IL on the first weekend of October…
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Throwback Thursday #231: September 1969 Field Trip – Sylvania Ohio on Labor Day Weekend
This is Throwback Thursday #231. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here is a poem about a September 1969 Field Trip to Sylvania, OH. It was written by Bill…
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Throwback Thursday #222: Matthew Galloway’s Exciting Discovery June 2000
This is Throwback Thursday #222. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! This was originally posted as part of the run up 70th Anniversary as Flashback Friday #7. We are…
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ESCONI Events June 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, June 1st ESCONI Field Trip to Napolean, IN for Ordovician and Silurian Fossils Details can be found here. Fri, June 14th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “A fossil primate called Ekgmowechashala” by Kathleen Rust, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kansas…
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ESCONI Events May 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, May 4th ESCONI Field Trip Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils – Full! Details can be found here. Sun, May 5th ESCONI Field Trip Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils – Full! Details can be found here. Fri, May 10th ESCONI General Meeting…
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Throwback Thursday #187: Chowder Flats Field Trip March 1994
This is Throwback Thursday #187. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! John Good gave us some great ESCONI photos back at the 2023 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show. …
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Throwback Thursday #179: Braceville Field Trip Photos 2016
This is Throwback Thursday #179. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here are photos from the ESCONI Braceville Field Trip in May 2016. By the looks of it, the…
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Throwback Thursday #176: Maple Leaf Field Trip 1997
This is Throwback Thursday #176. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Late August 1997 saw a very ambitious ESCONI Field Trip. It lasted for eight days, from August 23rd…
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Throwback Thursday #134: Field Trip Bevel Granite 1957
This is Throwback Thursday #134. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Back in 1957, ESCONI held a field trip to the Bevel Granite Company on Kedzie Ave. in Merrionette…
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Throwback Thursday #112: April 1990 Field Trip to St. Paul and Brookville, IN
This is Throwback Thursday #112. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! ESCONI has been visiting St. Paul, IN for Silurian fossils for a long time. In 1990, there was…
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Throwback Thursday #81: Wisconsin Dells Field Trip October 19th, 1952
This is Throwback Thursday #81. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! For this week, we are looking back at a field trip to the Wisconsin Dells back on October…
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Throwback Thursday #78: Revisiting an Indiana Field Trip May 4-5, 1957
This is Throwback Thursday #78. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Back in Flashback Friday #34, we posted some picture from a fossil field trip to Indiana on May…
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Throwback Thursday #63: Field Trip to Lone Star Quarry on April 7th, 2002
This is Throwback Thursday #63. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! In April 2002, ESCONI had a field trip to Lone Star Quarry near Oglesby, IL. It looks like…
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Throwback Thursday #52: FIELD TRIP LIST – 2002
This is Throwback Thursday #52. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! This is the one year anniversary of the Throwback Thursday feature. We hope you are enjoying it. If…
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Throwback Thursday #51: Morris Field Trip, September 30th, 1954
This is Throwback Thursday #51. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Ran across this story in the January 1955 edition of the ESCONI Newsletter, it’s about a field trip…
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Throwback Thursday #50: Revisiting a Field Trip to Galena, IL August 8th-9th, 1959
This is Throwback Thursday #50. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Back in Throwback Thursday #18, we recalled a field trip to Galena, IL on August 8th and 9th,…
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Throwback Thursday #37: Revisiting the Field Trip to Pint’s Quarry in Raymond, Iowa on May 8th 1977
This is Throwback Thursday #37. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! For Throwback Thursday #3, we recalled a field trip to Pint’s Quarry in Raymond, Iowa on May 8th,…
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Throwback Thursday #33: Field Trip Sylvania, OH in 1959
This is Throwback Thursday #33. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Sylvania, OH has long been a destination to collect great fossils. Back in May 2020, we did Fossil…
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Throwback Thursday #32: Field Trip to a Riverside, IL Quarry in 1959
This is Throwback Thursday #32. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here are some pictures of a field trip by ESCONI juniors to a “Riverside” quarry in 1959. Unfortunately,…
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Throwback Thursday #27: Field Trip to Morris for Mazon Creek Fossils September 1976
This is Throwback Thursday #27. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here is a selection of photos from a field trip to Morris, IL to collect Mazon Creek fossils. …
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Throwback Thursday #21: Field Trip To Rosiclare For Fluorite April 25th 1958
This is Throwback Thursday #21. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Fluorite is the Illinois State Mineral. For a while, ESCONI had field trips to southern Illinois to collect…
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ESCONI/KGMS Field Trip to Cheney Limestone, Bellevue, MI – Saturday, September 12th, 2020
There will be a field trip to the Cheney Limestone quarry near Bellevue, MI on September 12, 2020, from 10 AM to 3 PM (Eastern). This is a joint trip between ESCONI and the Kalamazoo Geological and Mineral Society (KGMS). There are 20 spots for ESCONI members. The rock formation at this quarry is the…
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Throwback Thursday #18: Field Trip To Galena, IL August 8 – 9, 1959
This is Throwback Thursday #18. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here are some pictures from a field trip to Galena, IL that was held from August 8th to…
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Throwback Thursday #14: Geodes!
This is Throwback Thursday #14. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! For many years, there was a geode hunting field trip to western Illinois. That trip would coincide with…
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Throwback Thursday #9: Field Trip To Larson Quarry in DeKalb September 19th, 2009
This is Throwback Thursday #9. 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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! ESCONI has had a long history of field trips to the old Elmer Larson (now Vulcan) Quarry in…
