Range Creek on display Book Cliff students visit exhibit |The
students learn about the tanning process from Ephraim Dickson.|
Emery County has been put on the map with the news leaking out
last year on the archaeological discoveries at Range Creek. The
Utah Museum of Natural History is bringing the first Range Creek
exhibit to the John Wesley Powell River History Museum in Green
River for one year. The kickoff event was held on March 10.
Students from Book Cliff Elementary attended the event for some
hands on fun with museum presenters. The students learned about
nature's grocery store and explored the use of plants in the
Fremont world. The students learned how to grind corn and the
chores involved with gathering enough food each day to exist.
Ephraim Dickson, director of Education for the Utah Museum of
Natural History discussed hunting practices and tools used among
the Fremont. Students learned about tanning hides and scraping
them with rock scrapers. |Julie Hansen talks about Fremont
pottery with the sch