By Mary Fairchild (Dungeness ; Cumberland Island.) It was just a year ago that I had first stumbled across some ancient scattered shells by the Carnegie Ruins on Cumberland Island and couldn’t stop thinking about them… Cultural ecology is a map of relationships between living things and their group dynamics over time. The Dungeness Historic District on Cumberland Island(pictured) and the…
Category: History/Archaeology
Georgia’s Coast: Tidal Flat Ecosystems, Ancient History, and Stewardship
By Mary Fairchild (Razor sharp clusters of oysters exposed during low tide at Skidaway Narrows across from Skidaway Island State Park.) Once a narrow, shallow tidal creek, Skidaway Narrows is now dredged and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway which stretches from Virginia to Florida and on the Gulf side all the way around…
Wisconsin Dells History: A Walk With Ross M. Curry
By Mary Fairchild (Rocky Arbor State Park) “Hidden History of the Wisconsin Dells Area,” is available at Book World, Brews Landing, H.H. Bennett Studio Museum Store, and by special order at Books N Beans in Portage. Contact Ross M. Curry with any inquiries at rcurrysr@Frontier.com . When my grandfather, Joe Curry, sold his north 40 acres… a virtual Indian…
Baraboo’s Ringling Riverfront
By Mary Fairchild Ringling’s: ABT. 1895, left to right–Al, Alf T., Gus, Charles, Otto. Seated–John, Salome and August (parents), Ida (Mrs. North), Henry. Did you know that if you drive into Baraboo, Wisconsin, on Rt. 33 that it turns into “Ringling Boulevard?” The Ringling riverfront property is actually on Water Street, however. The city of…
Local Native Americans Buried in Blue Wing Cemetery
Recently, through the kindness of part-time Lake Delton resident and neighbor Mary Fairchild, my wife and I were able to revisit the Blue Wing Cemetery near Tomah. Mary is interested in Indian mounds and is rapidly becoming an authority on the subject. The entrance to the Blue Wing Cemetery with spirit houses in the background. We also visited the Decorah…
Wisconsin’s Indian Mounds
By Mary Fairchild After rock climbing at Devils Lake one evening, we saw a strange shape in the grass alongside the lake. It was a great time to spot it as the sun was beginning to set and shadows began to detail the shape. (Pictures on Flickr) Devil’s Lake State Park, which is approximately 15…