[AT] Nice day

Fri Mar 26 21:58:23 PST 2004

VERY neat place to visit I might add.  My Grandparent's farm was inline
with Flint Ridge and visiting them we always thought it interesting that
all the flint was on the farm. My Grandpa however wasn't so happy to 
see all the flint. My Dad talks of my Grandpa plowing and picking up
arrow heads all the time. He said he would be on the tractor, now my 
Allis-Chalmers C and hop off and pick up an arrow head and toss it in
his pocket. Dad couldn't believe he could see them so easily. After 
plowing with my C in first gear I now know how he did it. I could walk
faster than it plows :) Scouring plows was not too much of a problem
on the farm Dad said, as long as you got it started it wasn't long before
they were shining. I wonder if you plowed at night would the soil
throw sparks :)

Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at loganrec.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Nice day

> 
> http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=flint+ridge&p
> age=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3
> D84182a61b87a21ab%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3Dflint%2Br
> idge%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ohiohistory.org%
> 252Fplaces%252Fflint%252F%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSC
> PIndex2%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohiohis
> tory.org%2Fplaces%2Fflint%2F
> 
> 
>  This is a link to Flint Ridge in Licking County, Ohio. This
> site was held sacred by the ancient Indian tribes in the
> midwest. This was neutral teritory and was used by all tribes
> to quarry their flint.
>     There are some local flint knappers who demonstrate their
> craft at many of the craft and heritage shows. There is one at
> the Centerburg, Ohio Fall Farming Festival in September.
>     Very possible that Farmer's flint came from this quarry.
>     Sorry, didn't know the link was so long. Hope it works.
> 
>                     Gene
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry D. Goss <rlgoss at evansville.net>
> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:23 PM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Nice day
> 
> 
> : I grew up on the portage between the St. Mary's and Little
> Wabash rivers
> : up by Fort Wayne.  There is a gravel esker left by the last
> Ice Age that
> : forms a slight rise on the farm.  Dad chose that location for
> planting
> : an orchard.  It's ground that has not seen much cultivation
> over the
> : years.  It's been an orchard for the last 70 years and wasn't
> farmed
> : heavily before that.  We used to find arrowheads there on a
> regular
> : basis when I was a kid.  The fruit trees that are still there
> provide
> : cover and occasional food for a number of deer.  My brother
> hasn't
> : bothered to try to mow the orchard for the last 30 years, so
> it's nearly
> : impenetrable by a man on foot.  There probably are still a
> lot of
> : arrowheads on that hillside.  Like you, I've always wondered
> at what
> : life was like when those points got lost.  I'm even more
> amazed by how
> : far those chunks of rock traveled before they were lost.
> After having
> : lived in West Virginia, I now recognize that several of them
> are made
> : from Kanawha Black Flint.
> :
> : Larry
> :
> : -----Original Message-----
> : From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> : [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Robinson
> : Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:54 PM
> : To: FrugalRuralLiving at yahoogroups.com; Antique tractor email
> discussion
> : group
> : Subject: [AT] Nice day
> :
> : Our son was here after work yesterday and we walked down to
> look
> : at the
> : tiny dam we had been doing a little work on. We got to
> talking and
> : walked on back to one tiny woods about a quarter mile east
> from the
> : house where there is another small pond. Looks like we may
> have a pair
> : of otters in it this year. We kicked up a pair of mallards
> when we
> : walked up. We were looking for deer antlers that may have
> been shed
> : there. He said that a fellow that he works with hunts them
> every night
> : and has close to a pickup load of them. We walked on back to
> the
> : Christmas tree plot about a quarter mile north of there to
> look there.
> : We walked on back in the general direction of the house and
> cut across
> : one field that was in soybeans last year. I said "well, well"
> and
> : reached down and picked up a perfect arrowhead in the dirt.
> My son is
> : always having a cow about how I can find arrowheads and he
> can't.  :-)
> : He turned the other way and said "I'm not even going to look
> at it".
> : :-)
> : We don't find many here any more. Things have been searched
> : pretty
> : heavy and the soil stirred pretty deep. Finding one always
> sets me to
> : thinking about those who lived here before us and what the
> land was like
> :
> : in years past. This was a small game point about 1 1/2" long
> and about
> : 1" wide at the back. Fairly thin and very nicely made. The
> fellow that
> : made it was very skilled at his craft. I'm not knowledgeable
> enough to
> : estimate its age nor which of the several peoples that lived
> in this
> : area over the centuries made it. It triggers thoughts of
> wonder about
> : how it came to be where I found it. The possibilities are
> endless.
> : Carried off by an injured game animal? Used to shoot at a
> fellow human?
> : Shot at a turkey and missed and lost? Carried by a child and
> dropped?
> : While that field is gently rolling today an 1856 atlas showed
> a
> : stream
> : crossing it indicated as having a running width in excess of
> 5 feet.
> : Prior to that this area was very heavily forested. I'll be
> thinking
> : about this for a few days...   :-)
> : --
> :
> :
> :
> : "farmer"
> :
> : Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.
> :
> :
> : Francis Robinson
> : Central Indiana USA
> : robinson at svs.net
> :
> :
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