Essay On Turkey Run State Park

Living in both Northern and Southern Idaho all my life, it is sad to think how unaware I was of Idaho's remarkable land and history. "Idaho" by A.B. Guthrie opened my eyes and excellently portrayed Idaho as a beautiful and special place. In the beginning, Guthrie introduced the diverse landscapes that Idaho has to offer. From mountains to plains to volcanoes to glaciers, it helped paint the picture of Idaho's diverse land. In addition, I like how the author included the contrasting aspects of Northern and Southern Idaho. Showing how the North is known for the miners and loggers whereas the South is more known for the farmers and orchardists. Finally, I thought that the history Guthrie included about Idaho sealed the deal on how stunning the

The last article talks about the 59th Unnamed Cave, in Florida. This cave is located in the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle. From the dates of the artifacts and the dates of the glyph, the site was occupied in the Late Woodland period. The cave was discover in 2007 when a group of cave explorer saw fine engravings on the wall. This site was the first cave art site that was found in Florida and it is the second rock art site that was found in the states. Rock art is very rare in Florida, but now with the site found there is a wider perspective on the importance of rock art. The site did not only include the petroglyph drawing of the past, but it included some artifacts that was use to help date the time that the cave was occupied.

By the end of this report you should have a better perception on the geological landscape of Silver Creek Wetland Complex, and further in-depth knowledge on what stewardship responsibilities fall on you and your relationship with the land you use.

Göbekli Tepe is a very interesting archaeological site that is located at the top of the mountain limestone ridge in Southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border (Banning 620). It is known as the earliest monumental building, or temple, that mankind has ever created and it was built even before the stage of agriculture, which dates back to some 11,600 years ago (Mann 1st page). Göbekli Tepe belongs to the PPN (Pre-Pottery Neolithic) in terms of its chronological context in world prehistory (Banning 620). In fact, the site can be divided into three different stratigraphic levels that are level 3, level 2A, and level 2B (Banning 620). Level 3 is the oldest level which appears to date back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) (Banning 621). Each of the buildings measured 15 m by 10 m and contained T-shaped monoliths surrounded by a wall made of stone and mortar (Banning 621). Two U-stone shaped entrances could by identified in two of the buildings (Banning 621). However, the most monumental aspect of the Göbekli Tepe can be attributed to the sophisticated carvings of wild animals, such as scorpions and boars, on the pillars which appears in the pillars of level 3 and level 2A (Banning 621). Moreover, Level 2A, which dates to Middle PPNB, has smaller and more rectangular buildings than Level 3 and it contains delicately implemented tiled floors and T pillars without any decorations (Banning 621). Level 2B dates to the time between level 3 and level 2A, however,

Mesa Verde National Park on the Colorado Plateau contains many geological aspects of interest, including its sedimentary rock layers, its canyons, its alcoves utilized by ancient people and how these alcoves were formed. Mesa Verde National Park is located in the southwest corner of Colorado, close to the Four Corners area, on top of a high mesa overlooking the Mancos River (Harris et al. 2004). The park, covering 81 square miles, consists of several main sedimentary formations that are characteristic to the park (Encyclopedia Britannica 2015). Canyons are carved into the sedimentary rock, with the cave dwellings found high on their steep walls. These dwellings are an especially unique aspect to the Mesa Verde National Park, and are built out of large alcoves. The alcoves were produced by weathering and erosion of the sedimentary rock type. To better understand how these alcoves formed, we must understand the geology of Mesa Verde National Park and how it has developed over history.

Some features of Indiana are Sand dunes, lakes, and caves. Sand dunes are mountains, hills, or ridges of sand. Sand dunes exist in many places like in California, Michigan, Nevada, and Utah. Many sand dunes are made into national parks like the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. This happened because many people wanted to put steel mills around the dunes, but a lot of people didn’t want that to happen including the U.S senator, Paul H.Douglas in 1959. There are not any lakes in Indiana. Lake Michigan helps Indiana border Michigan. Lake Michigan is the closest lake to Indiana. Although, Indiana has a lot of streams. There are many amazing caves in Indiana. A lot of the caves in Indiana are national “parks” this is so no damage will come to these wonderful caves. The caves in Indiana formed many years ago, they first started out with limestones and minerals but a lot of bats started coming, and the limestones formed into something else. Different caves have different rocks. Many of the caves have limestones others have minerals in

The George Rogers Clark National Historical Park is a 26 acre historical park in the Midwest Regional Office located in Vincennes Indiana. Over the weekend of August 29th, 2015 my family and I visited the George Rogers Clark Museum. My wife and I actually live very close to Vincennes Indiana, as it is only a 25 minute drive and we frequently visit Vincennes for shopping and dining. While we do visit this town about once a month, I do admit that I have never been or paid a lot of attention to the memorial. The memorial itself is quite interesting to look at from afar as you drive past it, but you can’t really appreciate what it has to offer unless you take the time and visit the site in person and really admire its history.

Cantigny Park is an eye opening experience that provides visual aids which give a better understanding of WWI and its significance to Robert R. McCormick. The McCormick family altered the grounds of their home to become a public park to show the legacy that the McCormick family left behind. Robert R. McCormick served in WWI, which had a great impact on his life that is shown through the grounds of Cantigny Park. He served as the editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune for forty-four years, at which he made it a media giant by adding it to television stations and putting it on the radio. The mansion that the McCormick family occupied is a museum itself on the grounds, with its extravagance and countless artifacts. While the actual museum on the grounds takes the public back to the war, where it gives a better understanding of what the war was really like. The trip itself was very well put together, but could have had some improvements to make the learning experience even better. The Cantigny Park grounds is a memorable trip due to the better understanding one can have of WWI and the personal touches added by Robert R. McCormick himself.

The Little Bison River flows from small glaciers in the high cirques of the Rocky Mountains east to the Great Plains of North America, where it ultimately joins the Missouri system. The valley through the Rockies contains a few small towns which are supported by the ski industry and tourism. Recently, extensive natural gas deposits have been discovered in the area, and salvage archaeology projects have been funded to assess the nature of archaeological resources prior to the construction of pipelines, access roads, and well heads. You have been asked to summarize the prehistory of the area for a book on the local history of the resort town of Poplar, soon to celebrate its centennial.

The experiment was conducted in Sheboygan County at three locations of varying distance from Lake Michigan, where they were surveyed for the occurrence of the invasive tree species black locust. The first location, Kettle Moraine State Park, is located 20 miles inland west of Lake Michigan. As its name suggests, this location has a combination of kettles and moraines. Kettles are steep side impressions in a landscape while moraines are linear deposits that accumulated at the edge of an ice sheet. This creates a rolling hill landscape that can create quite the diversity of vegetation. This site was dominated by mostly sugar maple with the occasional red oak and birch. There was very little ground coverage, due to the dense shade cast by the

Big Bend is very interesting national park not just because of its incredible vegetation and geologic history. The things that I find very important to this park and that which gives it life are the the species of animals that live there. When it comes to great black bears or to the smallest little road runner, this national park's diversity sets it out from the rest. “Big Bends provides habitat for more than 450 species of birds, 75 species of animals, 56 species of reptiles, and 11 species of amphibians”( National Park Service, 2015).

It is believed that Native Americans inhabited the lands of what is now Yellowstone National Park for more than 11,000 years, until approximately 200 years ago, when European settlers began to drive many of them from their homelands. In 1872 Yellowstone was declared the world’s first national park as a way to preserve and protect the land for the “benefit and enjoyment of future generations.” (National Park Service) Yellowstone National Park covers a vast area in the Northwestern United States. Its landscape is very complex and ever changing thanks to the many geological forces that are found there. In fact, the unique geological features such as the geysers, hot springs, steam vents, among many others, are what lead to

1970-1990 October 31, 1988 - Poverty Point National Monument in Louisiana is established by President Ronald Reagan in order to preserve some of the most extensive earthworks from prehistoric times in North America. I would like to see this because this is an important part of history where we decide to change things for our country to keep things safe from being damage. This helps the next generation to look at all the artifacts from back then. I would possibly cry to see that actually happen just think being there when the president says that. Wow that would be such a great honor in so many ways that i couldn’t even think of. Thanks to me that men we are able go see such beautiful things. Also if i got to be there for that i would be able

The Honey Creek is a site where nature can truly be explored, but that is not what makes it so amazing. It's actually what has been learned and what can be learned from it! For example, later in the 1980's scientists were able to go more in depth in the study of how/why burned rock middens formed, but they hadn't yet completely gotten all the information they needed to understand the subject fully. The Honey Creek Site helped pull more pieces of information using the charred plant remains, field documentation, good dirt, and lots of soil samples. This is just one example of how Honey Creek has helped researchers and scientists find out more about nature and our

We need to go to the Lava Beds National park because of its volcanic rock and underground caves that have history and geological wonders.It is a secret place and it say that it attracts only about 130,000 people each year.When you enter it has 47,000 -acre park,it also say the visitors can see why president Calvin Coolidge declared Lava Beds a national monument.back in 1925.