Archive for November, 2002

From Excavation to Oral History

By Sunny Nash • Nov 1st, 2002 • Category: case study

Uncovering the story of the Peterson family was possible only after an archeology research team uncovered the remnants of the family’s household items.
The Peterson family legacy revealed itself to me when the State of Texas commissioned me to be part of an excavation and investigative team to study Ned and Elizabeth Peterson’s farm site.


Pieces to the Puzzle

• Nov 1st, 2002 • Category: Bare Bones

It’s a long way from twenty-first-century Colorado to eighteenth-century Tennessee, but my cousin, Delta, brushed all that aside. “I’d like to be able to stand on a piece of ground and say, ‘This was Great-great-great-grandpa’s land.’ Wouldn’t you?”
I had to answer, “Yes.” The project did sound interesting. But I didn’t know I would get hooked.


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