Tag: history
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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…
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Throwback Thursday #149: Dues Are Due… From the Past!
This is Throwback Thursday #149. 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 paid your 2023 ESCONI dues? I know I have to pay mine! Please get them in,…
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Throwback Thursday #148: Johnny Cash and Dinosaurs?!? Yes!
This is Throwback Thursday #148. 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! OK, so who knew that Johnny Cash had a dinosaur song? Written by Johnny and his wife June,…
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Throwback Thursday #147: Looking Back at ESCONI for February 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #147. 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 1998 50 Years Ago – February 1973 70 Years Ago – February 1953
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Throwback Thursday #146: Happy Birthday, Elmer Riggs!
This is Throwback Thursday #146. 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! Actually, it’s a few days late as his birthday was January 23rd, 1869. Elmer Riggs was an American…
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PBS Eons: When Our Culture Changed Our DNA
PBS Eons has a new episode on Youtube. This one is about the complex mix of culture, biology, and evolution. Thanks to our ability to develop and share complex learned behaviors across generations – a thing we sometimes call culture – we have become the ultimate niche builders.
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Throwback Thursday #145: Langford Book Ad from 1963
This is Throwback Thursday #145. 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 Associates published both of George Langford’s books. The first in 1958 and the second in 1963. Langford…
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Throwback Thursday #144 – Geology Class Fall 1953
This is Throwback Thursday #144. 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 1953, ESCONI put on a evening school class in Geology at Downers Grove High School during…
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Throwback Thursday #143: Looking Back at ESCONI for January 2023
This is Throwback Thursday #143. 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 1998 50 Years Ago – January 1973 70 Years Ago – January 1953
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Throwback Thursday #142: Reply to Bill Allaway’s 1977 Holiday Letter
This is Throwback Thursday #141. 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! Last week, we had Bill Allaway’s Holiday Letter in 1977. There was a reply, but it wasn’t published…
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Throwback Thursday #141: 1977 Holiday Letter From Bill Allaway
This is Throwback Thursday #141. 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 look back at a holiday letter from Bill Allaway in 1977. When ESCONI was founded…
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Throwback Thursday #140: Mineral Names
This is Throwback Thursday #140. 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! Jean Reynolds held many offices in ESCONI, including President in 1972 and 1973, Vice President, Editor, Circulation Chairman,…
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Throwback Thursday #139: Stonebone
This is Throwback Thursday #139. 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 have the poem “Stonebone” from the December 1970 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. It’s…
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Throwback Thursday #139: Looking Back at ESCONI
This is Throwback Thursday #139. 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 1997 50 Years Ago – December 1972 70 Years Ago – December 1952
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Throwback Thursday #138: Under Your Feet
This is Throwback Thursday #138. 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 Chicago Lapidary Club, which doesn’t seem to exist anymore. There is a…
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Throwback Thursday #137: Archaeopteryx in Chicago!
This is Throwback Thursday #137. 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! October 1997 was a huge month for the Field Museum. The annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate…
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Throwback Thursday #136: Hilmer Case in Fossil Ridge Public Library
This is Throwback Thursday #136. 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 1990, ESCONI donated a display case to the Fossil Ridge Public Library in Braidwood, IL. The…
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Throwback Thursday #135: Looking Back at ESCONI November 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #135. 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 – November 1997 50 Years Ago – November 1972 70 Years Ago – November 1952
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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 #133: To a Fossil
This is Throwback Thursday #133. 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’s Throwback Thursday, we have a nice little poem called “To a Fossil” from the May…
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Throwback Thursday #132: Mazon Creek Open House Videos
Long time ESCONI member Ralph Jewell took videos at some past Open House events in the 1990’s and 2000’s. Thanks, Ralph! It’s very interesting to look back. Here are a few highlights. You’ll see some current members looking very young. I attended the 2006 and 2007 events. Which ones did you attend? If you have…
