[AT] Nice day

[Gene Dotson]

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 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'
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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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