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On Saturday the 12th. of July we went to the 2008 Berry site Field Day in Morganton N.C. The Berry site is a large Native American town that was occupied from about A.D. 1400-1600. It has been identified as the town of Joara,which was visited by the Hernando de Soto expedition in 1540 and by the Juan Pardo expedition from 1567-68. Pardo built a fort at Joara-Fort San Juan-the earliest European settlement in the interior of what is now the United States. | ||||||||
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David moore, the archaeologist gave a guided tour of the site. | ||||||||
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Spanish soldiers lived at Fort San Juan for 18 months, from January 1567 until about June 1568. During the spring of 1568, relations between the Spaniards and the native peoples of Joara ended tumultously, and the fort was burned and destroyed. | ||
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for more information about the site go to http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~arch/ | ||
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My camera gave out so Dennis took all these pics of the site with his phone camera and saved the day! | ||||
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I got a new Cybershot camera and took these pics in the garden Sunday just before the rain came. | ||
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Maggie and the Swiss Chard | ||||
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On a hot Sunday in July we hiked to the Catawba Falls near Old Fort, N.C. There isn't enough water in this drought to make the falls impressive, but the hike was a pretty one with plenty to see along the way. | ||
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Dennis and I both tried out our new cameras on a variety of subjects. | ||||||||
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