Tag: history
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Throwback Thursday #175: Erosion… Piece By Piece
This is Throwback Thursday #175. 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 Petrified Forest National Park is a beautiful place, located in Arizona. If you get a chance to…
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Throwback Thursday #174: Bola Tie Raffle
This is Throwback Thursday #174. 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! September 1983 saw “The Chance of the Century”… which was a chance to win a sterling silver ESCONI…
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Throwback Thursday #173: Chiton Hill in Pit 11
Earlier this week, we posted Mazon Monday #172 Glaphurochiton. In that post, it was mentioned that chitons tended to be found in larger assemblages. In fact, a few ridges in Pit 11 were referred to as “Chiton Hills”.
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Throwback Thursday #172: Field Museum Photo Archives – Soemmerring’s Gazelle
This is Throwback Thursday #172. 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’s a few photos from the Field Museum Photo Archives over on Tumbler. Unfortunately, the photo blog hasn’t updated since…
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Throwback Thursday #171: Fossil Cycad National Monument
Fossil Cycad National Monument was authorized as National Monument in 1922 by President Warren G. Harding. It was located in southwestern South Dakota and encompassed 320 acres. It’s one of the few national monuments to be completely stripped of its status. The National Park Services has a page devoted to the monument. Fossils from the…
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Throwback Thursday #170: Surefire Signs You’re a Rockhound
This is Throwback Thursday #170. 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 following list appeared in the January 1998 edition of the newsletter. It was reprinted from the…
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Throwback Thursday #169: Stevens T. Norvell III
This is Throwback Thursday #169. 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! As we posted in Throwback Thursday #158, the logo was designed by Stevens T. Norvell in 1950 as…
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Throwback Thursday #168: British Columbia in Nine Days
This is Throwback Thursday #168. 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! Who’s up for a summer trip to the Burgess Shale in British Columbia? How about 9 days, with…
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Throwback Thursday #167: Tom Testa Winter Freeze/Thaw
In case you didn’t notice, summer is here. It’s been hot the last few days and it’s getting even hotter. Here’s a scene that will surely cool you off … frozen Mazon Creek concretions. Although, the thoughts of hidden treasures might get your blood boiling!
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Throwback Thursday #166: Spring – Illinois
This is Throwback Thursday #166. 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! Bill Kelly and his wife Wylma were active in ESCONI for many years. Both of them wrote articles…
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Throwback Thursday #165: Summer Collecting Poem
This is Throwback Thursday #165. 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! Howard and Olive Knight were early members of ESCONI. They were both very active members for many years. …
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Throwback Thursday #164: Looking Back At ESCONI for June 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #164. 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 1998 50 Years Ago – June 1973 70 Years Ago – June 1953
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Throwback Thursday #163: Scenes from the 2000 Chicagoland Gem & Mineral Association Show
Don’t forget that the 46th Annual CGMA – Chicagoland Gem & Mineral Association is this weekend May 27th and May 28th, 2023. It’s at Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles. All the information is available at the website: cgmashow.com.
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Throwback Thursday #162: Field & Street Archaeopteryx
This is Throwback Thursday #162. 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 #137, we looked at the traveling Archaeopteryx exhibit back in 1997. Althiough it was…
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PBS Eons: A Natural History of Mars
PBS Eons has a new episode on Youtube. This one is about Mars… how has it changed over the year? While Earth’s natural history has been playing out over the last few billion years, another epic planetary saga has also been unfolding right next door.
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Throwback Thursday #161: Looking Back at ESCONI for May 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #161. 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 1998 50 Years Ago – May 1973 70 Years Ago – May 1953…
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Throwback Thursday #160: Hey, Field Museum… Happy 102nd Birthday!
This is Throwback Thursday #160. 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! On May 2nd, 1921, the Field Museum opened its doors to the public at its current home. Happy…
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Throwback Thursday #159: Field Museum Photo Archives
This is Throwback Thursday #159. 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’s a few photos from the Field Museum Photo Archives over on Tumbler. Unfortunately, the photo blog hasn’t updated…
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Throwback Thursday #158: ESCONI Logo
This is Throwback Thursday #158. 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 was established in November 1949. For the first few editions of the newsletter, the cover featured various…
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Throwback Thursday #157: Self-supporting Dinosaur
Here is a poem written by Eugene Richardson Jr, about “Gorgeous George”, the Field Museum’s Daspletosaurus. We posted about George back in Throwback Thursday #93. “George” was the centerpiece of Stanley Field Hall in the Field Museum from 1956 to 1992. He was incorrectly called a Gorgosaurus for most of his “life”. That was corrected…
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New DNA Analysis Reveals an Untold Story of Horses in America
Inverse has an article about the history of horses in America. It’s not commonly known, but horses evolved in North America about 4 million years ago. They went extinct around 10,000 years ago with many other species of North American mega fauna. The causes of the extinction are still being studied. Horses were reintroduced by…
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Throwback Thursday #156: Looking Back at ESCONI for April 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #156. 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 1998 50 Years Ago – April 1973 70 Years Ago – April 1953
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UIUC: A mammoth tribute to Illinois history
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has a new statue… and it’s a mammoth! A statue of a woolly mammoth was installed recently near the Natural History Building. The statue was sculpted by Taylor Studios in Rantoul, Illinois. You can find the press release here. Thanks for the tip, Ben Riegler! The next, and past, big thing:…
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Throwback Thursday #155: Diary of a Snakebite Death
Ran across the interesting story of Karl Patterson Schmidt recently. Schmidt was a world renowned herpetologist and curator at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. He worked at the Field Museum from 1922 to 1957. Starting as an assistant curator of reptiles and amphibians, he became chief curator of zoology in 1941. He was elected…
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Throwback Thursday #154: 1985 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show
This is Throwback Thursday #154. 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 probably the last show related post for a while. Let’s take a peek back at 1985. …
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Throwback Thursday #153: Flea Market 1999
Here are some scenes from the ESCONI Flea Market on October 2nd, 1999. This event was held at the College of DuPage in the Student Resource Center Room in Building K. Karl Everett was ESCONI President. Here is the announcement from the ESCONI newsletter in September 1999.
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2023 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show – Preview #13!
This is the preview post #13 for the 2023 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show Live Auction. The ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show for 2023 will be held on March 18th and 19th at the DuPage Fairgrounds in Wheaton, IL, which is the same location as last year. All details can be found here.…
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Throwback Thursday #152: The Ten Rockmandments
The following list of ten “Rockmandments” appeared in the December 1992 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. It originally appeared in the newsletter for the Nunawading & District Lapidary Club in Nunawading, Victoria, Australia. It’s good to see that the club seems to still be operation! It was founded in 1967.
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Throwback Thursday #151: Looking Back at ESCONI for March 2023
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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! 25 Years Ago – March 1998 50 Years Ago – March 1973 70 Years Ago – March 1953
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Throwback Thursday #150: History of Coal City and Surrounding Areas
This is Throwback Thursday #150. 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! On Tuesday, February 28th, 2023, local historian Michele Micetich is speaking at the Coal City Library about the…
