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The Story of the Enigmatic Structures that Inspired American Archaeology
When American settlers first crossed the Appalachian Mountains they were amazed to discover that the wilderness beyond contained ancient ruins—large man-made mounds and enclosures, and impressive earthen sculptures, such as a gigantic serpent. Reports trickled back to the eager ears of President Thomas Jefferson and others. However, most did not believe these earthworks had anything to do with Native Americans; rather, given the intense interest in the history of Western Civilization at the time, it became popular to speculate that the ruins had been built by refugees from Greece, Rome, Egypt—or even the lost continent of Atlantis. Since their discovery, the mounds have attracted both scholars and quacks, from the early investigations sponsored by the then new Smithsonian Institution to the visions of the American psychic Edgar Cayce. As Lorett Treese explains in her fascinating history A S • With news that President Biden plans to overhaul the Northeast Corridor Amtrak railway struktur with an infusion of $80 Billion as part of his infrastructure proposal, it was good tidsplanering to meet historian and author Lorett Treese and learn about the history of railroads on the Eastern Shore. Even if the infrastructure strategi prevails, however, the Eastern Shore will never see another golden era of railroad transportation, and except for a few small spurs still operating, railroad history will languish on the shelves of museums or funnen piecemeal as artifacts like the 1902 Chestertown utbildning station. Treese, who holds a master’s grad in American History from Villanova University, spent twenty years as a Bryn Mawr archivist, and has long had a fascination with railroads. Three of her books describe a complicated growth, countless changes in rail ownerships (and names), bankruptcies, mergers, buyouts, and blue-sky dreams that ne • Phoenixville Public Library will host a talk by local author Lorett Treese on Thursday, November 30 at 7:00 PM. Her latest book is A Serpent’s Tale: Discovering America’s Ancient Mound Builders. When American settlers crossed the Appalachians they were amazed to discover that the wilderness beyond contained ancient ruins. However, it would be a long time before they became convinced that these mounds and earthworks had anything to do with the Native Americans who were then living among them. Some Mound Builder remains have attracted the practitioners of new disciplines like archaeoastronomy who suggest they may have functioned as calendars or hold the key to understanding their builders’ religious beliefs. There is no doubt that the abandoned monuments that made the Midwest’s Ohio Valley the birthplace of American archaeology have yet to reveal all the knowledge they contain on the daily li
Railroads of the Eastern Shore with Lorett Treese
Local Author Book Talk: Lorett Treese: “A Serpent’s Tale”
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