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These artifacts highlight the career of Ty Cobb, and are on display in the Ty Cobb Museum in Royston, Georgia
Mining Artifacts
This was a very fun trip and I hope to do it again next year. As a member of the Peninsula Wilderness club for almost a year now, I still had not gone on any outings with them. This all changed on this Sunday as 3 other members and myself did the "Koski" Loop. This loop is un-officially named after one of the members that first suggested this hike to the group. The hike starts at the Tubal Cain trailhead then veers off onto the Tull Canyon trail going to its end and eventually going off trail at its end climbing up to the col or saddle between Hawk Peak and Mount Worthington. Once on the ridge or col, travel northeast on the ridge until you reach the top of Hawk Peak. After summiting Hawk Peak. Make your way down towards Silver Lake which is visible from the ridge onto a faint boot path which is also visible from the ridge and through a large scree field until you reach the lake. Once you are at the lake, head on to the Silver Lake trail and follow it up the ridge between Welch Peak and Mount Townsend. For a quick summit bear right or south for an easy scramble to the top of Welch Peak. After Welch, head back down the ridge to regain the Silver Lake Trail and continue until you reach the Mount Townsend Trail. Take a left or west, going uphill towards Mount Townsend following trail until you get to summit. From summit going north, trail becomes the Little Quilcen Trail Continue downhill to a junction veering left and staying on ridge. This trail is also known as the Dirty Face Ridge Trail. Follow steep downhill trail until you reach the trailhead at road. A short walk downhill returns you to the start of the the hike.
Total Miles for trip, 16 or 17 depending on who you ask. Elevation - Just over a mile at around 5400 feet.
Things to see along the way.
Abandoned Manganes mines of Tull Canyon.
B-17 Bomber wreckage at Tull Canyon.
Makeshift Campsites utilizing old plane wreckage that only Les Stroud himself would be proud of.
Remains of a log cabin and Mine artifacts at Tull Canyon.
Hawk Peak
Silver Lakes
Welch Peaks
Mount Townsend
Some unidentified bit of ironmongery lies beside the trail near the turnoff to the Spruce Lake lean-to #3.
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Field Notes:
Site 47963 Old Marrakesh, Indiana USA
soil type: Alluvial plain topography
05/05/08
9:46 AM Sift treatment in accumulation of detritus revealed artifact at 18"
9:59 AM Artifact tagged: 31
Measurements: artifact 3cm; chain 58cm
11:46AM crystal globe connects to 31 day dial - appears to be powered by structure on underside
11:59AM Inconclusive data
Notes: This could be a future predictor for 31 days out. Cloudiness indicated unpredictability?
Alright, everyone, for this What is it Wednesday artifact we really need your help! This is an item that we have been unable to identify despite our best efforts. We have had several Wright State Public History graduates working in our collection the past few months. Our Director of Collections, Virginia Weygandt, is teaching a class this semester on collections care and preservation and her students are conducting an audit of our collections to identify issues and supply needs for a future inventory. We also have two students working on their Capstone Project for the program, which involves reorganizing some of our collections areas. They recently came across this item, which lacks any ID or provenance. Those things can happen when a historical society has been collecting since 1897 and has been through many buildings, curators, and an evolving accessions and collections policy! Our inability to ID the item is driving us crazy! It's about 4.5 inches long, appears to screw into something else, has a sharp pointed bit (auger?) that can be removed. A notch on the inside suggests that the bit was meant to remain stationary while in use. Can you help?
We got some wonderful guesses from you guys yesterday about our mystery artifact! We had hoped to have a definitive answer based on your input, but it appears it won't be that easy! Between our FB friends, our research books, Google, and our volunteers, we've discussed several possibilities for how this tool functioned.
One the right is the artifact. We know it is definitely a tool (ok, that was easy...and it was in our Tool Room to begin with). We know there is a larger identical set (sorry, forgot to mention that yesterday!). The bit would create a rather large Y shaped hole/mark.
The best guesses:
1. Lathe Attachment - Used as a centering device to center the object (a table leg, for example), on the lathe. The part circled in red on the photo is where we believe it would have attached. Problems: the center drill bit is meant to remain stationary...this means the ENTIRE thing would have to turn. This makes the big post screw problematic.
2. Pipe Reamer - This looks similar to PVC pipe reamer photos we could find, however, there would need be be another channel around the blade for the pipe to fit into. The bit is fairly short (even when adjusted at it's highest point), which makes it unlike any regular pipe reamer we could find.
3. Countersink - Used to create a whole to make the head of a screw level with the surface of the wood, etc. - We thought this could work on a lathe, but the object on the lathe would have to do the rotating (again, because the bit is stationary). In this case, the screw post could be mounted to hold the piece in place. It could be a simple countersink that you just hammer, but there are no hammer marks on the back.
4. Leather Punch
Soooo....I guess we really don't have an answer yet! If anyone has any ideas, let us know or ask any wood/metal working friends!
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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Danish Virgin Islands, 1830 - Paris, 1903
1898
Oil on canvas, underlying drawing of black crayon
This work is one of fifteen views of the Place du Théâtre Français that Pissarro made from the window of a room in the Hotel du Louvre. The "Avenue de l'Opéra" series, as he referred to the group in this correspondence, was exhibited at the Durand Ruel gallery in 1898. Two other paintings executed from the same view-point show this segment of urban landscape in the afternoon sun and on a rainy day. Of note here is the balance between the sketchiness of the handling and the detail given to some of the figures and architectural elements. It is not simply a picture of buildings: the artist presents us with a snapshot of city life, bathed in the golden glow of fall.
Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen (no. 261 WH)
Tornado damaged items on display at the Big Well in Greensburg, Kansas.
The Big Well was built 1887-1888 as the water source for the Santa Fe Railroad and the city of Greensburg. The railroad used it until 1895 with the city using it until 1932. It became a tourist attraction in 1939. In 2008 it was named one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas by the Kansas Sampler Foundation. On May 4, 2007 95% of Greensburg including the big well was destroyed by an EF5 tornado. After rebuilding the current building was opened in 2012.
NRIS #72000507. Added in 1972.
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