Tag: Lone Star
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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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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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ESCONI Flashback Friday #7: Matthew Galloway’s Exciting Discovery June 2000
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #7. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here’s a report from Matthew Galloway’s discovery of an amphibian bone in the Lone Star Quarry on June 4th, 2000. What a find! Matthew…
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Update: Fossil Park Proposal For Lone Star Quarry Near Oglesby, IL
Rep. Lance Yednock has proposed a bill to convert the former Lone Star Quarry into a Fossil Park. Synopsis As IntroducedAmends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall designate a portion of the former Lone Star Quarry site near Oglesby…
