Here are videos of
Tom Baird’s talk for
WWALS hosted at VSU by
Blazer Gardens,
about the
Y-shaped Withlacoochee, or Suwannee, or
Swithlacoochee,
from
the dry Paleo-Indian era 14,000 or more years ago
through
atlatls in the woodland period
and
Troupville queen city
through the
Ellaville log boom
to
current-day over-pumping of the aquifer.
Here’s a playlist.
Update 2012-09-20: Videos from Camera 1.
Here are some pictures of Tom Baird’s talk, about the Withlacoochee River yesterday, Little Big Water. Atlatl, roving rivers, ghost towns, artifact hunters, and more.
Update 2012-09-13: Pictures from Camera 1.
Tonight at VSU Student Union:
Big Little Water – a survey of the history, geology and archaeology of the Withlacoochee River, with replica artifacts people can handle, and slides.
“I’ll also get into some of the current threats to the river and maybe we can get into a good discussion and Q&A.”
Website event and facebook event.