scholarly journals LeRoy Johnson at McGee Bend Reservoir (Lake Sam Rayburn) in 1956

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed Jelks
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

McGee Bend was one of some 40 reservoir and dam projects in Texas where salvage archaeological excavations were carried out as part of the nationwide River Basin Surveys program administered by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service between 1947 and 1968 (see Jelks 1965, 2006, 2014, 2017). In 1956, I rented an old vacant farmhouse for our McGee Bend field headquarters where our crew lived without indoor plumbing, and it was there that the photo of LeRoy Johnson bathing in a washtub was taken by one of our crew, Milburn Lathan (Figure 1).

The Macon Trading Post, an Historical Foundling

1939 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 328-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
National Monument ◽  
Park Service

Explorations on the Ocmulgee River, near Macon, Georgia, carried out over a period of four years under the sponsorship of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service, and under the auspices of the successive relief agencies of CWA, FERA, WPA, and CCC, have uncovered many remarkable finds and discoveries, many of which will be permanently restored or exhibited in the development of Ocmulgee National Monument, established by Act of Congress in 1934.

Cherokee Pottery from Northern Georgia

1955 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Caldwell
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
River Basin ◽  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Ceramic Assemblages ◽  
Chattahoochee River

From November 15, 1950, to April 7, 1951, an archaeological survey was conducted by the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys, in cooperation with the National Park Service and the Corps of Army Engineers, of the area to be flooded by the dam at Buford, Georgia. On the upper Chattahoochee River we came across an aboriginal cooking pit containing quantities of pottery which could be unhesitatingly identified as historic Cherokee. While a certain amount of confusion as to just what might constitute Cherokee ceramics was dispelled some years ago by the publication of Hiwassee Island, it does seem advisable to present the Buford material as an areal and temporal variant. It differs in some particulars from the Overhill pottery described by Lewis and Kneberg from the Little Tennessee; there are other differences from recently identified Cherokee pottery from the middle Etowah River in northwest Georgia; and again, it is unlike some ceramic assemblages from Lower Cherokee towns in northeast Georgia and western South Carolina.

A Note on Some Large Pits in Certain Sites Near Dallas, Texas

1949 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Reservoir Area ◽  
Trinity River ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Large Groups ◽  
The Trinity

During August and September, 1948, the writer made an archaeological survey of the Lavon Reservoir area in Collin County, Texas. This was a project of the River Basin Surveys program of archaeological salvage, undertaken by the Smithsonian Institution, with the cooperation of the Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service. This reservoir is being built on the East Fork of the Trinity River near Wylie, Texas and approximately 25 miles northeast of Dallas.Twenty-five sites were located in or near the proposed reservoir area during the course of this survey. Nineteen of these appear to be small, temporary campsites, some producing a few potsherds; others are apparently non-pottery sites. However, six of the sites appear to be permanent village locations occupied by relatively large groups of pottery-using people over a long period of time. The material from these sites is in the process of laboratory analysis at the present time and a statement of the cultural affiliations involved cannot yet be made.

Yuma Point from Western Idaho

1948 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-251
Author(s):  
Louis R. Caywood
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Columbia River ◽  
Columbia River Basin ◽  
Projectile Point ◽  
Small Stream ◽  
Stream Beds ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Shape And Size

On May 23,1947, Messrs. Olcott, Augden, and Caywood of the Columbia River Basin Recreational Survey, National Park Service, were making a survey of the proposed Johnson Park Reservoir site in western Idaho. The site is about 18 miles east of Brownlee on the Snake River at an elevation of 5,900 feet. In the course of the survey a projectile point was found by Mr. Caywood in the immediate vicinity of the reservoir area. This point undoubtedly belongs to the Yuma category.The geological associations of the point, as well as its characteristics of oblique flaking, shape, and size, are consistent with its identification as Yuma. Johnson Park was apparently a normal erosional canyon which has been partially filled with glacial detritus. The point was found in one of the small stream beds above what is thought to be the shoreline of an old lake.

Philanthropy and the National Park Service

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Vaughn ◽  
Hanna J. Cortner
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Park Service

A Question Of Relevance

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-123
Author(s):  
Michael A. Capps
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Educational Component

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is an example of one memorial site that has successfully managed to retain relevance for nearly one hundred years by adapting to changes in scholarship and the expectations of its visitors. Initially created as a purely commemorative site, it has evolved into one where visitors can actively engage with the Lincoln story. By embracing an interpretive approach to managing the site, the National Park Service has been able to add an educational component to the experience of visiting the memorial that complements its commemorative nature.

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