Seward Power Plant - 1936 Flood

 

Flood Mud, Bug Eye Beef & Aw Shucks

Triple Feature - Post-Flood Investigation of Funds, Beef Investigation - those of you might remember it was called 'Bug Eye Beef' and 'Back Home Again in Indiana' - the life and times of actor Jimmy Stewart.

Telephone Operator Suicide - 1907

Gertrude Moorhead - Indiana County - telephone operator - Indiana Farmers Telephone Company - Suicide by Hanging - August 1907

Old Thorofare Trailers

Reader Robert Schneider sent in this shot of some of the old Thorofare trailers sitting in a field in Indiana County in the early 2000's.

Winter Solstice - Indiana County

This is a mound at Evans Hill - Indiana County that I believe is located on a possible Native American Calender site. I just can't seem to stay away from the place. This is what the sunset looked like two days after the Winter Solstice two weeks ago. If you would like to learn more about the site CLICK HERE to go to Laurel Hill Walks - another of my sites.

Naeskahoni Town - Indiana County

I'd orginially planned on checking out what I think could be a possible Monongahela Mound in Indiana County - but we got chased out. So instead - Native American Expert - Butch Laney who came with us -  took us arrowhead hunting in Homer City. We all found flaking debris - but no whole points. But that didn't matter to me - I had the best time!

I finally got to enjoy a tour of his 1750's - Native American Village and Trading Post set during the period of the French and Indian War. Butch's family came over in one of the first waves - in the late 1600's before settling in the Black Lick Area. Butch built and runs Naeskahoni Town - Blairsville - CLICK HERE to see the website or to visit in person.

His village represents five different Native American Cultures. The tarps on the roofs are of course - not Native - they are getting ready for the winter snows.

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These stone axes are a work of art.

Native American Dugout Canoe - this is one solid chunk of log - Butch hollowed out.

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The Trader's Shack - all of the assorted pelts are the real deal.

As are the assorted antlers.

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Believe it or not - that chunk of wood in the center is natural - even though it looks like a skull.

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This fossilized piece of red standstone is tree bark - frozen in time.

Coming up next - an assortment of traps for birds and small game.

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Butch made everything you have been seeing - including this bark basket.

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The start of construction for a typical log cabin.

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Different types of grinding stones - acorns, walnuts and chestnuts would have been ground on stones such as these.

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Butch built this wooden t-pee - it's so interconnected that all you have to do - is walk inside and lift the branches up - they would then have also been covered with either bark or brush.

Some of the items I spend a great deal of time searching for this time of year.

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Food storage pit - the sides packed with clay and the top covered by a blanket of moss - this will keep food sources fresh for quite awhile.

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And for the final picture - my favorite point - that center piece - Butch found along the Clarion River - I think I'd fall over if I found something this graceful.

Breezedale - Indiana County

Reader Rick M. sent in this vintage postcard of "Breezedale" - Residence of Hon. John P. Elkin of Indiana County.