Clarkston-area Junior Girl Scouts explored 1,000-year-old Michigan history with a field trip to an archeaeological dig in Pellston.
Scouts and their families from Pine Knob, Clarkston, Springfield Plains and Bailey Lake elementary schools learned about Native American inhabitants with help from Meghan Howey, University of New Hampshire professor.
Howey, granddaughter of long-time Clarkston resident Virginia Leonard, invited the Girl Scouts to visit the site in Pellston, on 250 acres of the University of Michigan’s Biostation property.
“This was a once in a lifetime experience for the girls and their families,” said Dawn Frasa, Clarkston Elementary troop leader who arranged the visit. “Professor Howey and her team graciously explained how they do their work and then took us on a hike to their current site and let the kids practice digging and sifting for artifacts.”
Howey led the Pellston dig for the past four years as part of a National Science Foundation grant. She and her team of under grad and grad students, mostly from UM and University of New Hampshire, uncovered rims from bowls, arrowheads, primitive tools used to grind acorns into meal, and other artifacts.
For more information, check www.lsa.umich.edu/umbs.
? Phil Custodio