[Rockhounds] Falls Fossil Festival this weekend!

[Alan Goldstein]

It isn't Clarksville Ohio, it is in Indiana across from Louisville. I would 
suggest I-71 to Louisville and cross the I-65 bridge and you are right 
there.

Alan

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From: "teresa jetter" <territoones1 at ameritech.net>
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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Falls Fossil Festival this weekend!


> Hi Alan,
> Question    Can I get to Clarksville from 380, 42, or
> do I have to take SR 68?  I am coming from
> Beavercreek, Ohio not "that far" away.
> Teri Jetter
> --- Alan Goldstein <deepskyspy at insightbb.com> wrote:
>
>> The Falls Fossil Festival is this weekend at the
>> Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville, IN
>> across the Ohio River from Louisville, KY. The
>> program and details can be found at
>> www.fallsoftheohio.org/fossil_festival.html. Among
>> the highlights:
>>
>> * Speakers on the history of corals, preserving
>> fossil heritage, fossils of animals which had
>> tentacles (connected to a temporary exihibt at the
>> park interpretive center), the history of crinoids,
>> global climate change in eastern North America since
>> the Devonian, fossil collecting tips, and fossil
>> identification.
>>
>> * Teacher workshops on Indiana Geological Survey as
>> an Educator Resource and Fossils of Kentucky.
>>
>> * Collect fossils on the Hanson Aggregates piles -
>> Waldron shale and Jeffersonville Limestone residuum.
>> It is possible to find cystoids, blastoids,
>> trilobites, corals, snails, brachiopods, and much
>> more!
>>
>> * Collect fluorite, sphalerite, calcite, and barite
>> from the mineral pile fresh from the dumps of the
>> Ozark-Mahoning Co. in Rosiclare, IL. I found a
>> beautiful specimen when we were spreading the pile
>> with our Bobcat skid-steer loader on Monday.
>> Currently I'm soaking it in HCl to remove the
>> calcite and better expose the 1 cm cubes.
>>
>> * Scheduled hikes on the fossil beds - the river has
>> been low this year and the coral beds are the best
>> they been since the drought in 1999!
>>
>> * Geo-craft activities for children.
>>
>> * 15 vendors with minerals, fossils, books, jewelry,
>> food, etc.
>>
>> * Another GREAT weather forecast. Highs both days in
>> the low to mid 70's. We've not had a bad weekend
>> since the even began in 1995.
>>
>> * The Kentucky Paleontological Society, Indiana
>> Society for Paleontology and the Kyana Geological
>> Society will be set up.
>>
>> Lots of collecting opportunities in the area! A list
>> is on the park's web site: www.fallsoftheohio.org.
>>
>> Alan Goldstein
>>
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