While this year's Nebraska Archaeology Month won't take place for another eight months or so (but who's counting?), planning is already underway and the Nebraska Archaeology Month 2015 Committee is looking for members! We need interested people who have the time, energy, and enthusiasm to help us match last year's success and exceed it. We need people willing to present on archaeology, people with organizational skills, and people with media/communication skills to tackle various tasks of planning and promoting the events. We are hoping to involve the archaeological community, including professionals, amateurs, and armchair enthusiasts from across the state.
Interested individuals should plan to attend a meeting at the Bennett Martin Public Library Auditorium on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 1pm CST in Lincoln.
Unable to attend the meeting? If you or your organization would like to get involved with Nebraska Archaeology Month 2015, if you have an idea for an Archaeology Month event, or if you would simply enjoy having an event come to your area, let us know! You can email us at NebraskaArchaeologyMonth@gmail.com or leave us a message on Facebook!
If you are unable to help plan Nebraska Archaeology Month 2015, but would like to stay up to date on archaeology events in your area throughout the year, be sure to "Like" the Nebraska Association of Professional Archeologists and Nebraska Archaeology Month on Facebook!
Fort Atkinson was the first United States Army post to be established west of the Missouri River in the unorganized region of the Louisiana Purchase of the United States. Located just east of present-day Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, the fort was erected in 1819 and abandoned in 1827. The site is now known as Fort Atkinson State Historical Park and is a National Historic Landmark. A replica fort was constructed by the state at the site during the 1980s–1990s.
ReplyDeleteThe post, which included soldiers, traders, trappers, and other frontier people, has been credited by the Nebraska State Legislature as the first town in Nebraska. Founded almost 30 years before the creation of the Nebraska Territory, Fort Atkinson had more than 1,000 residents. It included a brickyard, lime kiln, stone quarry, grist mill, saw mill, and cooper shop
Visit Fort Atkinson State Historical Park
Fort Atkinson was the first United States Army post to be established west of the Missouri River in the unorganized region of the Louisiana Purchase of the United States. Located just east of present-day Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, the fort was erected in 1819 and abandoned in 1827. The site is now known as Fort Atkinson State Historical Park and is a National Historic Landmark. A replica fort was constructed by the state at the site during the 1980s–1990s.
ReplyDeleteThe post, which included soldiers, traders, trappers, and other frontier people, has been credited by the Nebraska State Legislature as the first town in Nebraska. Founded almost 30 years before the creation of the Nebraska Territory, Fort Atkinson had more than 1,000 residents. It included a brickyard, lime kiln, stone quarry, grist mill, saw mill, and cooper shop
Visit Fort Atkinson State Historical Park