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History & Archaeology Journal: 2004

Last Updated: October 28, 2004

INDEX
  • Hoosier Bowery Last Updated: 9/21/2004
  • The Kad'yak Last Updated: 10/01/2004
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  • Water World Last Updated: 9/28/2004
    • ARTICLES OF INTEREST
  • Under Albanian Soil 8/12/2004
  • Indonesia's Lost World: 10/28/2004
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  • A Monumental Mandate 10/12/2004

    • The Kad'yak
    October 1, 2004

    The Kad'yak is a 144 year old German made vessel that the Russian Americana Company used for trade. It sank on its way from Alaska to San Francisco with a load of ice to provide miners with cold drinks. There is a local myth about the sinking of the ship in regards to a broken promise the captain made to Russian Orthodox minister.

    The captain swore he would pay tribute to Saint Herman who was an important missionary who converted a lot of Native Alaskans to the faith, but the captain never did. When the ship sank it drifted quite a ways because the ice in it cargo hold made it float. When it finally came to rest it was in from of Herman's chapel and for several days it mainmast stayed above the water in a shape of the cross.

    You can read more in the articles below.

    LINKS:


    Water World
    September 28, 2004

    This was an article about the Calusa Indians and their locations in southwest Florida (Mound Key). "In the sixteenth century, this was Calos, a vibrant Native American town of several hundred people. What was once a bustling waterside complex of canals, canoe basins, houses, mounds, temples, and people is today dominated by scrub vegetation, mangroves, raccoons, and mosquitoes." (Jerald T. Milanich) The Calusa would have been one of the first Native American groups to come in contact with the Europeans.

    To me this would be a very interesting place to visit. The Calusa in its late stages were very political group and constructed many temples, mounds, and cities along the coast. They also developed a canal type system that provided them a shortcut through the region. I need to do some more research on this, and plan a trip some time.

    Water World by Jerald T. Melanich (Archaeology Sept/Oct 2004)


    Railroad Depot Historic District: Richmond, Indiana
    September 20, 2004

    LOCATION:
    Near northside of Richmond, Indiana

    SUMMARY:
    Architecturally significant these industrial and commercial building were constructed in the 19th century. Charles & Elizabeth Starr (who bought this land from it's original owner Heremiah Cox) donated part of it for a train station to lure the railroad to town.

    Because of the railroad it opened trade and commerce with both Fort Wayne and Cincinnati. It was also instramental in the "under round railroad."

    The business center's buildings can be dated back to the mid-1860s but most were constructed between 1875 - 1910. Quite a bit of the architecture is reminiscent of Italiante motifs.

    The Pennsylvania Railroad Station is the mian drawl to the area. Ti was designed by a Chicago architect named Daniel Burnham. It's a Neo-Classical and was built in 1902.

    LINKS:

  • http://www.waynet.org/nonprofit/depot.htm

    • MORE INFORMATON:
    I need to find more information on Italiante Motifs and Neo-Classical design, so I know what I'm looking at.

    NOTES:

  • 9/21/2004 --> Talked to Dawn who is from Richmond, and she said that this is in the bad part of town. The bad part of Richmond should not be that terrible, and I would like to go and see this first hand.