Fuddy1952
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Where I grew up my grandfather bought 30 acres from a fellow who had 2500 acres. Grandad had a lake put in when I was a kid in 1954.
Whenever we plowed we found lots of arrowheads, usually white quartz.
The neighbor was an interesting guy, lived in a cabin and did things like they did in 1800s. He never had a phone, electric, plumbing, tractor, etc. He had draft horses, oxen, horse drawn equipment (I'm blessed to have known him...super nice guy).
Over the years (he passed in '71) his land has been sold in sections, etc. Except for a section upstream from our lake which is as it was hundreds if not thousands of years ago. On this land is an area that's a quartz pit...about 30-40 ft. circle maybe 3-4 ft. deep. All around the top edge are piles of quartz chips.
A few years ago I had a state anthropologist and a geologist look at it...my theory was essentially confirmed this is where Native Americans made arrowheads!!!
Unfortunately, that property belongs to a fellow in his 80s that I know. I asked about buying it but his intentions are to leave his land (about 35 acres) as a conservancy, doesn't want to sell.
I even called the bureau of Indian affairs in D.C. My point to all this, and I'm thinking others would agree, places like this are disappearing constantly. It's close to a major highway. Anyone know who I could contact about preservation?
It seems as time goes on rather than preserving history, statues are being destroyed or removed and to me there's no turning back...a bulldozer can destroy what may have existed for thousands of years.
Thanks.
Whenever we plowed we found lots of arrowheads, usually white quartz.
The neighbor was an interesting guy, lived in a cabin and did things like they did in 1800s. He never had a phone, electric, plumbing, tractor, etc. He had draft horses, oxen, horse drawn equipment (I'm blessed to have known him...super nice guy).
Over the years (he passed in '71) his land has been sold in sections, etc. Except for a section upstream from our lake which is as it was hundreds if not thousands of years ago. On this land is an area that's a quartz pit...about 30-40 ft. circle maybe 3-4 ft. deep. All around the top edge are piles of quartz chips.
A few years ago I had a state anthropologist and a geologist look at it...my theory was essentially confirmed this is where Native Americans made arrowheads!!!
Unfortunately, that property belongs to a fellow in his 80s that I know. I asked about buying it but his intentions are to leave his land (about 35 acres) as a conservancy, doesn't want to sell.
I even called the bureau of Indian affairs in D.C. My point to all this, and I'm thinking others would agree, places like this are disappearing constantly. It's close to a major highway. Anyone know who I could contact about preservation?
It seems as time goes on rather than preserving history, statues are being destroyed or removed and to me there's no turning back...a bulldozer can destroy what may have existed for thousands of years.
Thanks.