Tag: TBT
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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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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…
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Throwback Thursday #131: Looking Back at ESCONI for October 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #131. 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 1997 50 Years Ago – October 1972 70 Years Ago – October 1952…
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Throwback Thursday #130: I Wonder?
This is Throwback Thursday #130. 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 poem “I Wonder?” was written by Ethel H. Whitney, who served as ESCONI’s first historian from 1950…
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Throwback Thursday #129: Puttering in Pewter
This is Throwback Thursday #129. 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 about working with pewter. It featured Paul Hoalt and Bob Johnson ESCONI members…
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Throwback Thursday #128: ESCONI Shed September 1999
This is Throwback Thursday #128. 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 the 1990’s, ESCONI stored its show material in a shed, which for a time was in…
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Throwback Thursday #127: Piano Hill on Route 66
This is Throwback Thursday #127. 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! Route 66, or the “Mother Road” as it was sometimes called, was in operation from November 26th, 1926…
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Throwback Thursday #126: Looking Back at ESCONI for September 2022
This is Throwback Thursday #126. 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 1997 50 Years Ago – September 1972 70 Years Ago – September 1952…
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Throwback Thursday #125: ESCONI at the College of DuPage 1983
Who’s ready to get back to ESCONI meetings? We have the September 2022 General Meeting coming up on September 9th, 2022 at the College of DuPage. The very first ESCONI General Meeting at the College of DuPage occurred on Friday, September 9th, 1983. This was announced in the July/August 1983 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. …
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Throwback Thursday #124: Resolution Lost
This is Throwback Thursday #124. 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! A poem from December 1970 is up for this week’s Throwback Thursday. It’s called “Resolution Lost”. It comes…
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Throwback Thursday #123: Historical Documents
This is Throwback Thursday #123. 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, we have highlighted historically important documents related to ESCONI and/or Mazon Creek. We posted about…
