We Are Busy In July – Please Join US!
Saturday, July 10, 10:00 a. m. – 2:00 p.m.- Book sale at the CRC. Ron Fuchs, MAHS book guru, researched and assembled several large tables of historical, regional and special interest books that will be of interest to the serious reader.
Sunday , July 11th at 1:00 p.m.- Mitchell Area Historical Society and the Mitchell Area Genealogical Society members, guests and the public will assemble at the Carnegie Resource Center and travel to the Thomsen Center Archeodome as guests of Dr. Adrian Hannus, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Anthropolgy Laboratory at Augustana College and Dr. Alan Outram, archeologist and faculty member of the University of Exeter. Our group will visit with them and the sutdents from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and Augustana College, in Sioux Falls to learn more about their work as part of the Augustana-Exeter summer excavations in the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village. The Thomsen Center Archeodome will charge group rate of $4 person.
Monday , July 19th at 4:30 p.m. – Mitchell Area Historical Society and Mitchell Area Genealogical Society members , guests, and the public will assemble at the Carnegie Resource Center and travel to the site of historic Fort James, on the Rockport Hutterite Colony, with assistant state achaeologist Michael Fosha from the South Dakota State Historical Society. Fort James was the only fort in Dakota Territory built with stone. In 2009 Mr. Fosha joined with other professionals, including Dr. Adrien Hannus, during the intense archaeological research and filming of PBS’s Time Team America episode about historic “Fort James – South Dakota.” For those who plan to join us on this excursion, the Time Team episode will be available for viewing at the Carnegie Resource Center after our visit to the archaeological site. There is no charge.
Posted on July 2nd, 2010 by Pam900
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