Many years ago I found this arrowhead fragment at the District 38 country school in Nebraska which I attended as a grade-schooler. I was very excited and showed it to our teacher who didn’t realize what it was, much to my surprise. We had seen many arrowheads on display at the school in the past,Continue reading “Past and Present”
Tag Archives: Fossil
Time Traveler
I stepped out of the car in a parking lot paved with local crushed rock and discovered this fossil shell next to my foot. It had lived millions of years ago when shallow seas covered most of the Florida peninsula and laid down the Ocala Limestone formation that I was now treading upon. Somehow itsContinue reading “Time Traveler”
I Once Caught A Fish…
Actually, I never caught this fish, but during the 1980’s I donated for its display in honor of professor Charlie Love, geologist and anthropologist. It was the first of several remarkable fossils that Charlie commissioned to be displayed throughout the college and still stands proudly 40 years later. I had considered titling this post “TwoContinue reading “I Once Caught A Fish…”
First Fossils
At an abandoned gravel pit along the Platte River, I once searched through the pile of large rocks that had been filtered from the gravel. They were of no commercial use and had been discarded by the gravel pit operator. However, they were a treasure trove to young rockhounds like me, and there I foundContinue reading “First Fossils”
Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings 