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(Photo LK) Some CAS members
attended the Archaeofest 2007, in Beloit. This picture shows the campus sign and
some of the low mounds in the background, with South Suburban chapter members,
for scale.
(Photo LK) Just a few of the 31
volunteer certificate award winners.
(Photo John Beck) From left
(back row) Ferrel Anderson (recipient of the IAAA Lifetime Volunteer Award), Ken
Farnsworth (recipient of the IAAA Professional Service Award), Bill Iseminger
(recipient of the IAAA Service to the Organization Award),
Bob Nale (back row right), and Larry Kinsella (bottom row left), with their volunteer plaques, with Brenda Beck, (IAAA). President
Click here for the HISTORY of the Cahokia Archaeological Society, from its beginnings, to the year 2000.
We held our 3 chapter, pot luck, June meeting at the Devil's Hole Knap-in. It was small but we had a good time. The chapters were: Cahokia Archaeological Society, the Mounds City Archaeological Society, and the Three Rivers Archaeological Society.
(Photos by Carol Baluka) CAS
members Carol, Larry, Earl, Sue, Judy, Greg, Shari, Lee, and Lila were there.
Some members belong to more than one chapter.
This is our recent bus trip to Southern Illinois. It was co-sponsored by the Cahokia Archaeological Society and the Mounds City Archaeological Society, with Mounds City doing most of the work. We visited Fort De Chartres, the Stonefort, at Giant City State Park, and Millstone Bluff. We had a great meal, at the lodge, in Giant City.
The trip was publicized in the St. Louis newspapers and we had a great turnout.
Fort De Chartres
Note) Photos marked (Photo CB) were taken by Carol Baluka.
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Approaching the fort, from the parking lot.
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The Main Gate at Fort De Chartres.
(PhotosCB) Inside the
enclosure, showing the guardhouse, and partially reconstructed barracks.
(Photo CB) The bakery oven.
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The powder magazine.
The museum building is to the left with the guard's
quarters to the right.
Note) Photos marked (Photo CB) were taken by Carol Baluka.
(Photo
CB) We ate lunch at the Giant City State Park
Lodge.
Stonefort
Note) Photos marked (Photo CB) were taken by Carol Baluka.
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(PhotoCB) The climb from the parking lot to the top of the bluff.
(Photos
CB) Portions of the reconstructed stone fort, on
the top of the bluff.
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Dr. Butler briefs us on the possible use and date of
the site.
We toured the site.
The path down to our air-conditioned bus.
Millstone Bluff
Note) Photos marked (Photo CB) were taken by Carol Baluka.
(Photo
CB) Dr. Butler explains the stone fort and village as we
catch our breath.
(Photos
CB) Some scenes along the path.
(Photo
CB) We step out onto the platform to view the bird
petroglyph.
An interpretive sign on top of the bluff.
The official plaque near the parking area.
A great time was had by all. We even got to see some unusual mailboxes along the way. That ice cream stop in Vienna was also a real treat.