Tag: TBT
-
Throwback Thursday #244: Leaverite (Leaveitite)
This is Throwback Thursday #244. 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! Beginners may hear a more experienced collector refer to a rock specimen as a “Leaverite”. Here’s the definition…
-
Throwback Thursday #243: Rock Collecting Limericks
This is Throwback Thursday #243. 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! There were a couple rock collecting themed limericks in the December 1999 newsletter. Unfortunately, they were unattributed. THERE…
-
Throwback Thursday #242: Looking Back at ESCONI for December 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #242. 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 1999 50 Years Ago – December 1974 70 Years Ago – December 1954
-
Throwback Thursday #241: Happy 75th Birthday, ESCONI!!!!
This is Throwback Thursday #241. 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, just a few days late on this…. Happy 75th Birthday, ESCONI!!!! Notes of the first meeting…
-
Throwback Monday #240: Happy Veterans Day from ESCONI… and the Field Museum!
This is Throwback Thursday #240. 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! ——————————————————————————————- To celebrate Veterans Day, we are doing something different this week… How about a Throwback Monday and…
-
Throwback Thursday #239: Looking Back at ESCONI for November 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #239. 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 1999 50 Years Ago – November 1974 70 Years Ago – November 1954
-
Throwback Thursday #238: ESCONI 10th Anniversary Pictures
This is Throwback Thursday #238. 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 the ESCONI 10th Anniversary celebration in 1957. ESCONI Board at Pugh’s – G.…
-
Throwback Thursday #237: Bruce Stinchcomb, Route 66, and Mazon Creek
This is Throwback Thursday #237. 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! ——————————————————————————————- US Route 66 has been termed the “Mother Road” by some as it was one of the…
-
Throwback Thursday #236: Only a Rock
This is Throwback Thursday #236. 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! “Only a Rock” is a poem that appeared in the July 1964 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. The…
-
Throwback Thursday #235: Field Trip to Rosiclare, IL for Fluorite
This is Throwback Thursday #235. 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 heard of the Fluorspar Festival? It’s held in Rosiclare, IL on the first weekend of October…
-
Throwback Thursday #234: Looking Back at ESCONI for October 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #234. 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 – October 1999 50 Years Ago – October 1974 70 Years Ago – October…
-
Throwback Thursday #233: Origin of Geodes
This is Throwback Thursday #233. 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 held a geode field trip to Vickers Geodes in Hamilton, IL in August 2024. The area around…
-
Throwback Thursday #232: Sue visits SUE
This is Throwback Thursday #232. 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! So, Sue Hendrickson had a secret visit with her beloved namesake SUE the T. rex in July. The…
-
Throwback Thursday #231: September 1969 Field Trip – Sylvania Ohio on Labor Day Weekend
Here is a poem about a September 1969 Field Trip to Sylvania, OH. It was written by Bill and Virginia Popp and appeared in the November 1969 (20th Anniversary) Issue of the ESCONI Newsletter. They were given Meritorious Service Awards in 1973. Virginia was President in 1981 and 1982, 1st Vice President in 1979 and…
-
Throwback Thursday #230: Looking Back at ESCONI for September 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #230. 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 – September 1999 50 Years Ago – September 1974 70 Years Ago – September 1954
-
Throwback Thursday #229: Happy 115th Birthday, Burgess Shale!
This is Throwback Thursday #229. 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! Charles Doolittle Walcott discovered the Burgess Shale on August 30th, 1909. At the time, Walcott was head of the Smithsonian…
-
Throwback Thursday #228: Midwest Federation Convention 1956
This is Throwback Thursday #228. 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 Midwest Federation of Mineralogical & Geological Societies (MWF) is holding their 2024 convention in East Peoria on August…
-
Throwback Thursday #227: Stones for Everyone!
This is Throwback Thursday #227. 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! From the June 1974 edition of the ESCONI newsletter…. “Stones for Everyone”. STONES FOR EVERYONE For laundresses….. The…
-
Throwback Thursday #226: Poem “Rockitis”
This is Throwback Thursday #226. 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 author of the poem below was Winifred Reutter (1909 – 1998) of White River, South Dakota. She…
-
Throwback Thursday #225: Hoffs on Vacation
This is Throwback Thursday #225. 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 June 1951 edition of the newsletter had a couple pages of charming artwork that detailed Wilbur and…
-
Throwback Thursday #224: Stephen J. Gould at the Field Museum
On Thursday, September 14, 2000. ESCONI co-sponsored a Steven J. Gould lecture with the Field Museum. This was a huge event for ESCONI, with about 700 people attending. By all accounts, it was very successful. Too bad, Steven isn’t still with us, I’m sure that was a very interesting lecture. If you get a chance,…
-
Throwback Thursday #223: Eugene Richardson – Fossil Localities Old and New
This is Throwback Thursday #223. 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! ——————————————————————————————- Eugene Richardson, Jr. wrote a nice little article for the May 1952 edition of the Chicago Natural…
-
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…
-
Throwback Thursday #221: Looking Back at ESCONI for July 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #221. 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 – July 1999 50 Years Ago – July 1974 70 Years Ago – July 1954…
-
Throwback Thursday #220: Collecting Poem from November 1950
This is Throwback Thursday #220. 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! Peggy Allaway wrote an untitled poem for the November 1950 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. Peggy was the…
-
Throwback Thursday #219: Joliet Quarry Trip in June 1951
This is Throwback Thursday #219. 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 June 17, 1951, ESCONI held a field trip to a quarry in Joliet, IL. As seen in…
-
Throwback Thursday #218: Karen’s Komments
This is Throwback Thursday #218. 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 Flashback Friday #16. It was part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70’s Anniversary…
-
Throwback Thursday #217: Looking Back at ESCONI for June 2024
This is Throwback Thursday #217. 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 1999 50 Years Ago – June 1974 70 Years Ago – June 1954
-
Throwback Thursday #216: Opal Hunting at the Spencer, Idaho Mini-Mine
For this week, we have an article written by ESCONI board member Andy Jansen. Andy took a trip to the “Opal Capital of America” in 2019 and wrote this interesting article for the newsletter.
-
Throwback Thursday #215: 2001 CGMA Show
This is Throwback Thursday #215. 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 case you weren’t previously aware, the CGMA (Chicagoland Gem and Mineral Association) Show is this weekend May…
