Tag: history
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Throwback Thursday #57: Loch Ness Outdone: Rediscovery of the Coelacanth
This is Throwback Thursday #57. 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! Youtube has many good videos. Some are regular series. One of my favorites to watch during my workout…
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Throwback Thursday #56: “ESCONI”
This is Throwback Thursday #56. 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! Time for another poem from the past. This was published in the June 1970 edition of the newsletter. …
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Throwback Thursday #55: John and Lucy McLuckie
This is Throwback Thursday #55. 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! A giant in the history Mazon Creek fossil collecting and early ESCONI member, John McLuckie and his wife…
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Throwback Thursday #54: Better To Be A Rockhound
This is Throwback Thursday #54. 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 poem appeared in the November 1958 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. The El Paso Mineral and Gem…
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Throwback Thursday #53: Looking Back at ESCONI for April 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #53. 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 a look back at ESCONI 25 and 50 years ago. 25 Years Ago –…
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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 #49: 2011 Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show
This is Throwback Thursday #49. 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! It’s March and March is usually time for the ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show. We unfortunately had…
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Throwback Thursday #48: Looking Back at ESCONI for March 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #48. 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 1996 50 Years Ago – March 1971
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Throwback Thursday #47: The Rockhound’s Creed
This is Throwback Thursday #47. 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! Today, we have “The Rockhound’s Creed” a poem by Agate Pete, which appeared in the October 1957 edition…
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Throwback Thursday #46: 25 and 50 Years Ago
This is Throwback Thursday #46. 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 1996 50 Years Ago – February 1971
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Throwback Thursday #45: Collecting Rocks
This is Throwback Thursday #45. 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 have a poem from the old ESCONI newsletters. “Collecting Rocks” is from the January…
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Throwback Thursday #44: Commentary: Contributions by Amateur Paleontologists by John Catalani
This is Throwback Thursday #44. 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 journal Palaeontologia Electronica published the following article in May 2014. It was written by John Catalani, a…
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Throwback Thursday #43: Description of a Rockhound
This is Throwback Thursday #43. 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! They following poem appeared in the September 1960 edition of the newsletter. It’s by Vera Lang. The South…
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Throwback Thursday #42: A Trilobite Tale
This is Throwback Thursday #42. 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 another poem out the stacks of past ESCONI newsletters. This one is from January 1960. It’s…
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Throwback Thursday #41: Lemont Trilobites November 19th, 1950
This is Throwback Thursday #41. 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! Today, we will revisit Flashback Friday #40. It was posted originally as a Lemont Quarry trip in 1952. …
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Throwback Thursday #40: 25 and 50 Years Ago
This is Throwback Thursday #40. 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 1996 50 Years Ago – January 1971
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Throwback Thursday #39: Paleontological Ditty
This is Throwback Thursday #39. 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! Today we have poem from the July – August 1977 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. It’s called “Paleontological…
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Throwback Thursday #38: Merry Mazon Christmas from ESCONI
This is Throwback Thursday #38. 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 Synde and George Langford’s Christmas card in 1939. The picture is a view of the strip…
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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 #36: Fossil in the Crannied Wall
This is Throwback Thursday #36. 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! Today we have another poem from the 1950s. This one is by B.J. Babbitt from January 1952. He…
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Throwback Thursday #35: Holiday Party 2018 With Dr. Peter Makovicky
This is Throwback Thursday #35. 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 2018 Holiday Party featured Dr. Peter Makovicky then from the Field Museum speaking about the new Antarctic…
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Throwback Thursday #34: The 2010 Show
This is Throwback Thursday #34. 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! Enjoy these photos from the 2010 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show! The greeting crew: Irene, Karen and…
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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
Here are some pictures of a field trip by ESCONI juniors to a “Riverside” quarry in 1959. Unfortunately, the location for this trip was not recorded, but a little research in the newsletters of the time yielded the following announcement in the December 1959 edition of the newsletter.
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Throwback Thursday #31: The Nanotyrannus Find on the Burpee 2002 Montana Expedition
This is Throwback Thursday #31. 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! Jane was discovered during the Burpee Museum’s paleontology expedition to Montana’s Hell Creek Formation back in 2001. The…
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Throwback Thursday #30: Winter’s Field Trip
This is Throwback Thursday #30. 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 the past, many of the issues of our newsletter Earth Science News ended with a poem from…
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Throwback Thursday #29: Best Fossil 2015
For a few years, the Paleontology Study Group held a Best Fossil contest for National Fossil Day. The first one was back in 2015. We had some awesome specimens. Here are some photo highlights from that day.
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Throwback Thursday #28: Photos of Braidwood Coal Mining 1960
Here are a few photos of the Braidwood coal mines in 1960. Some very large drag lines and and cranes were used to remove the coal.
