Tag: history
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Throwback Thursday #113: Looking Back at ESCONI for June 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #113. 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! 25 Years Ago – June 1997 50 Years Ago – June 1972 70 Years Ago – June 1952…
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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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BBC: Mary Anning: Lyme Regis fossil hunter’s statue unveiled
The BBC has a story about the unveiling of a statue of Mary Anning in her home town of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. The unveiling was done on May 21st, which was her 223rd birthday. She lived her whole life in Lyme Regis and supported her family by collecting and selling fossils from what is…
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Throwback Thursday #111: In Quest of Galena
This is Throwback Thursday #111. 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 week, we are posting the story of a field trip from the March 1952 edition of the…
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Throwback Thursday #110: A Jurassic Twilight in Colorado from 1952
This week, we are posting a puzzle of sorts from the April 1952 edition of the newsletter. The puzzle is in the form of a story describing a scene in the Jurassic Period. The story was credited to Joe Stoos. Positively Naperville had an article by the History Detective about him. He lived in Naperville…
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Throwback Thursday #109: Looking Back at ESCONI May 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #109. 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! 25 Years Ago – May 1997 50 Years Ago – May 1972 70 Years Ago – May 1952
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Throwback Thursday #108: Field Trips Poem
We are currently deep into field trip season, so to celebrate, for our throwback this week, we have a poem that appeared twice in the ESCONI newsletter. Gene Falada, a long time ESCONI member, was looking through some old newsletters back around 2004, when he came across his poem titled “Field Trips” in the October…
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Throwback Thursday #107: G-Shaft Candy
This is Throwback Thursday #107. 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! If you grew up anywhere in the area, you may remember G-Shaft Candy. It’s a hard candy, brown…
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Throwback Thursday #106: Rebellious Bones Poem from 1957
This is Throwback Thursday #106. 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! Our throwback for this week is a poem from Donnafred Hoff, the wife of Dr. Wilbur Hoff, who…
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Throwback Thursday #105: Looking Back at ESCONI for April 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #105. 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! 25 Years Ago – April 1997 50 Years Ago – April 1972 70 Years Ago – April 1952…
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Throwback Thursday #104: McLuckie House from 1952 Newsletter
This is Throwback Thursday #104. 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 and Lucy McLuckie were both avid collectors of Mazon Creek fossils. They sponsored yearly “combined club” field…
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Throwback Thursday #103: Field Trip to Jacob’s Geodes 2007
This is Throwback Thursday #103. 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 when the MAPS show was at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL, there would be an annual…
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Throwback Thursday #102: ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show for 1992
This is Throwback Thursday #102. 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 holding a show in the spring since about 1960. In the mid 1970’s, it became…
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Throwback Thursday #101: The Easy Way Out
This is Throwback Thursday #101. 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! Another Bill Allaway poem is our Throwback Thursday post for this week. Bill was the first chairman of…
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Throwback Thursday #100: Looking Back at ESCONI for March 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #100. 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! 25 Years Ago – March 1997 50 Years Ago – March 1972 70 Years Ago – March 1952…
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Throwback Thursday #99: Western Electric Magazine Rockhounds
This is Throwback Thursday #99. 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! William Allaway was one of the founders of ESCONI. He served as the first Chairman/President of ESCONI from…
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Throwback Thursday #98: The Rock I Threw Away!
This is Throwback Thursday #98. 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! We’ve featured the poems of Charles Schweitzer a few times in the past. In Throwback Thursday #59, we…
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Throwback Thursday #97: Fishing the Eocene Age
This is Throwback Thursday #97. 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! An article from FRIENDS magazine entitled “Fishing the Eocene Age” appeared back in the January 1972 edition of…
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Throwback Thursday #96: Looking Back at ESCONI for February 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #96. 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! 25 Years Ago – February 1997 50 Years Ago – February 1972 70 Years Ago – February 1952…
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Throwback Thursday #95: Who’s Who: Who Were Howard and Olive Knight?
This is Throwback Thursday #95. 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! If we look back into the early history of ESCONI, there are a few names that show up…
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Throwback Thursday #94: Dave’s Down to Earth Rock Shop – September 1973
Dave’s Down To Earth Rock Shop was established in 1970 by the then twenty year old Dave Douglass. He stocked the store with material from his own collection, which he started when he was just 9! The shop is located in Evanston, IL and easily reached via car, Metra, and El train.
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Throwback Thursday #93: Gorgeous George
This is Throwback Thursday #93. 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! Before there was SUE the T. rex, there was “Gorgeous George”. If you are old enough to remember…
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Throwback Thursday #92: Looking Back at ESCONI for January 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #92. 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! 25 Years Ago – January 1997 50 Years Ago – January 1972 70 Years Ago – January 1952
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Throwback Thursday #91: Winter Collecting 1963
This is Throwback Thursday #91. 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! The snow this week had me looking through the newsletters looking for a winter field trips. Many of…
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Throwback Thursday #90: The Night After a Field Trip
This is Throwback Thursday #90. 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! We have a real nice holiday themed post for today. It’s a poem called “The Night After a…
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Throwback Thursday #89: A B C’s Of What One Can Do With Rocks
This is Throwback Thursday #89. 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 week we have sort of a poem, but at least a list about what else… rocks! This…
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Roy Plotnick: I found a fossil!! (or did I?)
Roy Plotnick has a new post over on Medium. In this one, he gives some great tips for those occasions when you’re out on a walk and find a rock and hope it’s a fossil. You are walking along a creek bed when you see an oddly shaped and colored rock. You pick it up…
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Throwback Thursday #88: Looking Back at ESCONI for December 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #88. 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! 25 Years Ago – December 1996 50 Years Ago – December 1971 70 Years Ago – December 1951
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Throwback Thursday #87: Field & Street
This is Throwback Thursday #87. 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! Field & Street was a column in the Chicago Reader from at least 1984 until April 2004. For…
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Throwback Thursday #86: Happy Thanksgiving!
This is Throwback Thursday #86. 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 Thanksgiving Edition of Throwback Thursday, we are only going back to 2016. That year, the Field…
