Tag: ThrowbackThursday
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Throwback Thursday #74: This Week In Illinois History: The Tully Monster (August 31, 1989)
This is Throwback Thursday #74. 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 (actually August 31st) is a birthday of sorts. It was 32 years ago that the Tully…
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Throwback Thursday #73: The Rockhound’s Wish
This is Throwback Thursday #73. 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! You may recall we did a poem called “The Rock Pile” from Charles Schweitzer back in Throwback Thursday…
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Throwback Thursday #72: Bill Allaway Poem
This is Throwback Thursday #72. 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 July/August 1952 edition of the ESCONI newsletter, there was a poem from the Bill Allaway, who…
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Throwback Thursday #71: “Sentimental”
This is Throwback Thursday #71. 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 poem entitled “The Title of the Picture Sentimental” from the November 1968 edition of…
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Throwback Thursday #70: “They’re Selling What?!?”
This is Throwback Thursday #70. 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 article appeared in the September 1976 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. Coprolites are popular items for…
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Throwback Thursday #69: The Benld meteorite
This is Throwback Thursday #69. 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! Something a little different this week, we have an interesting story of a meteorite that struck a car…
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Throwback Thursday #68: Field Museum Photo Archive… Revisted
This is Throwback Thursday #68. 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 Throwback Thursday #13, we visited the Field Museum Photo Archive blog over on Tumbler. There haven’t…
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Throwback Thursday #67: Looking Back at ESCONI July August 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #67. 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/August 1996 50 Years Ago – July/August 1971
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Throwback Thursday #66: It’s In the Bag
This is Throwback Thursday #66. 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’s a little poem from the May 1958 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. It’s called “It’s In the…
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Throwback Thursday #65: Rockhound’s Plight
This is Throwback Thursday #65. 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 two poems from the July/August 1964 issue of the newsletter. The first is…
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Answers for the TBT #64: A Rockhound Spelling Test from November 1962
Here are the answers to Throwback Thursday #64 Rockhound Spelling Test. How’d you do? QUIZ ANSWERS There were 20 words offered. If you spelled 15 right you are doing right well. Seventeen right puts you in the professional class, and 19 or 20 right means you can sit right next to Mr. Dana and you…
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Throwback Thursday #64: A Rockhound Spelling Test From November 1962
This is Throwback Thursday #64. 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! How about a spelling test this week… a rockhound spelling test? This spelling test appeared in the November…
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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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Throwback Thursday #62: ESCONI Flea Market 10-02-1999
This is Throwback Thursday #62. 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 long time, ESCONI has held the Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show each spring in March. Quite…
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Throwback Thursday #61: Looking Back at ESCONI June 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #61. 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 1996 50 Years Ago – June 1971
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Answers for the TBT #60 Mineral Quiz from November 1966
You have probably been waiting for the answers to Throwback Thursday #60’s mineral quiz. Well, wait no more…. how’d you do? Note: this quiz originated from Science Digest, but we got it from the KGMS (Kalamazoo Geological & Mineral Society). We’ve had a relationship with the KGMS, sharing a few field trips. They joined us…
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Throwback Thursday #60: Mineral Quiz from November 1966
This is Throwback Thursday #60. 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 don’t have enough mineral posts and sorry to surprise everyone with a pop quiz…. But today, we…
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Throwback Thursday #59: The Rock Pile
This is Throwback Thursday #59. 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 October 1962 edition of the ESCONI newsletter “The Earth Science News”, a poem called “The Rock…
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Throwback Thursday #58: Looking Back At ESCONI For May 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #58. 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 a look back at ESCONI 25 and 50 years ago… May 1996 and May…
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Throwback Thursday #57: Loch Ness Outdone: Rediscovery of the Coelacanth
This is Throwback Thursday #57. 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! Youtube has many good videos. Some are regular series. One of my favorites to watch during my workout…
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Throwback Thursday #56: “ESCONI”
This is Throwback Thursday #56. 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! Time for another poem from the past. This was published in the June 1970 edition of the newsletter. …
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Throwback Thursday #55: John and Lucy McLuckie
This is Throwback Thursday #55. 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 giant in the history Mazon Creek fossil collecting and early ESCONI member, John McLuckie and his wife…
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Throwback Thursday #54: Better To Be A Rockhound
This is Throwback Thursday #54. 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 poem appeared in the November 1958 edition of the ESCONI newsletter. The El Paso Mineral and Gem…
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Throwback Thursday #53: Looking Back at ESCONI for April 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #53. 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 a look back at ESCONI 25 and 50 years ago. 25 Years Ago –…
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Throwback Thursday #52: FIELD TRIP LIST – 2002
This is Throwback Thursday #52. 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 the one year anniversary of the Throwback Thursday feature. We hope you are enjoying it. If…
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Throwback Thursday #51: Morris Field Trip, September 30th, 1954
This is Throwback Thursday #51. 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! Ran across this story in the January 1955 edition of the ESCONI Newsletter, it’s about a field trip…
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Throwback Thursday #50: Revisiting a Field Trip to Galena, IL August 8th-9th, 1959
This is Throwback Thursday #50. 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 Throwback Thursday #18, we recalled a field trip to Galena, IL on August 8th and 9th,…
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Throwback Thursday #49: 2011 Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show
This is Throwback Thursday #49. 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! It’s March and March is usually time for the ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show. We unfortunately had…
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Throwback Thursday #48: Looking Back at ESCONI for March 2021
This is Throwback Thursday #48. 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 1996 50 Years Ago – March 1971
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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…
