Tag: TBT
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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
This is Throwback Thursday #32. 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 are some pictures of a field trip by ESCONI juniors to a “Riverside” quarry in 1959. Unfortunately,…
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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
This is Throwback Thursday #29. 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 a few years, the Paleontology Study Group held a Best Fossil contest for National Fossil Day. The…
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Throwback Thursday #28: Photos of Braidwood Coal Mining 1960
This is Throwback Thursday #28. 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 are a few photos of the Braidwood coal mines in 1960. Some very large drag lines and…
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Throwback Thursday #27: Field Trip to Morris for Mazon Creek Fossils September 1976
This is Throwback Thursday #27. 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 is a selection of photos from a field trip to Morris, IL to collect Mazon Creek fossils. …
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Throwback Thursday #26: 1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora
This is Throwback Thursday #26. 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 are looking for an interesting history channel on Youtube, give the History Guy a chance. A…
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Throwback Thursday #25: Hunting Ghosts, Blobs, and Assorted Monsters in Illinois’ Coal Age Nodules
This is Throwback Thursday #25. 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 is an article by Cecilia Duluk about the fossil blobs (and monsters) found in Mazon Creek…
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Throwback Thursday #24: Coal Mining History Around Coal City
This is Throwback Thursday #24. 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! Over on the Coal City website, there’s a page on the history of Coal City. In the 1850’s,…
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Throwback Thursday #23: History of Coal Mining in Illinois
This is Throwback Thursday #23. 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! Waynes World of History and Genealogy has a great series of pages on the history of coal mining…
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Throwback Thursday #22: Field Trip To Lutz Quarry Near Oshkosh, WI in 1954
This is Throwback Thursday #22. 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! These are pictures of a field trip to Lutz Quarry near Oskosh Wisconsin in 1954. Lutz Quarry had…
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Throwback Thursday #21: Field Trip To Rosiclare For Fluorite April 25th 1958
This is Throwback Thursday #21. 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! Fluorite is the Illinois State Mineral. For a while, ESCONI had field trips to southern Illinois to collect…
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Throwback Thursday #20: Rediscovering a Dinosaur Named Elmer
This is Throwback Thursday #20. 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 Field Museum has a blog post about a dinosaur named for Elmer Riggs. Elmer the man, was…
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Throwback Thursday #19: ESCONI Show 2009
This is Throwback Thursday #19. 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 are some photos from the 2009 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show. Wow, there’s a whole bunch…
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Throwback Thursday #18: Field Trip To Galena, IL August 8 – 9, 1959
This is Throwback Thursday #18. 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 are some pictures from a field trip to Galena, IL that was held from August 8th to…
