[nativestudies-l] CONF: Oct.25 Joint Archaeological & Historial Conference

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

THE INC. ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER, NYSAA
THE ARCHAOELOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY
&
THE NORTH JERSEY HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 
JOINT ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL CONFERENCE
 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008
LAUTENBURG VISITOR CENTER, STERLING FOREST STATE PARK
115 OLD FORGE ROAD, TUXEDO, NY
 
*MORNING PROGRAM: 9:30 AM TO NOON*
Guided hike to Crawford (Belcher) and Brennan mine sites, miner's cabin 
ruins, Indian rockshelters and up a mountain to BLACK ROCK, a sacred 
site of the Ramapough Lenape Indian Nation, in Sterling Forest State 
Park.  Hiking shoes required.  Meet at visitor's parking lot at HENRI 
Building (opposite Lautenburg Visitor's Center).  We will car pool to 
Blue Lake.  Hike will be led by Thomas Fitzpatrick.
 
*AFTERNOON PROGRAM: 1:00 TO 4:30*, Susan Deeks, NJHHS, presiding
 
1:00-1:25         “Historic Archaeobotany of Delaware: 25 Years of Site 
Flotation.”
                        William Sandy, R.P.A.
 
1:25-1:50         “Investigating the Authenticity of the NY Botanical 
Garden Petroglyph.”
                        Dr. Allan S. Gilbert, Fordham University.
 
1:50-2:15& nbsp;        “From Farmstead to Mansion: 18^th and 19^th 
Century Life at “The Locusts” and Jay                                    
Mansion in Rye, NY.”  Eugene J. Boesch, Ph.D., R.P.A.
 
2:15-2:40         “Indian Raids in Orange Co.: Opportunistic or Planned 
Assaults? The Use of Free/Open                           Source Special 
Software in Historic and Archaeological Contexts..”
                        Jonathan Witcoski, Tyco Telecommunications.
 
2:40-2:55         COFFEE BREAK
 
2:15-3:20         “The Real Story of the Sterling Furnace, 1736-1923. 
Doc Baynes, Sterling Forest State                             Park.
 
3:20-3:45         “Henry Doremus House – New Netherlands Heritage.” 
Kathy Fisher, Montville                                         Township 
Historic Preservation Commission.
 
3:45-4:10         “Emigrant Trains, Steerage Class on Wheels: From New 
York to Manifest Destiny.”
                        Nancy L. Gibbs, NJHHS.
 
4:10-4:30         Exhibition of Paintings by Kevin Storms, President, 
Inc. OCC, NYSAA and                                             
announcement of 50^th Anniversary pf Orange County Chapter.
 
Program Chair: Edward J. Lenik: Inc.OCC, NYSAA. ASNJ and NJHHS
 
*Contact Information:*
116 Old Forge Road
Tuxedo, NY 10987
Phone:
    (845) 351-5907
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*Directions*

    * Visitors Center: From junction of Rtes. 17 & 17A, take 17A west
      1.4 miles to left on Long Meadow Rd (Rte. 84). Go 3.5 miles to
      right on Old Forge Rd. Center is one mile on right.

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