tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88881504033557063422012-02-15T23:16:53.877-08:00finding the point of beginningphchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541037395586281723noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888150403355706342.post-20512869836808830772008-05-18T10:23:00.000-07:002008-05-18T10:25:29.734-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wIVePEfuzfQ/SDBmWMN6MyI/AAAAAAAAABs/qbB6KG4-62w/s1600-h/Capture_4_web.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wIVePEfuzfQ/SDBmWMN6MyI/AAAAAAAAABs/qbB6KG4-62w/s320/Capture_4_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201770101035643682" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8888150403355706342-2051286983680883077?l=asnearasmaybe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>phchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541037395586281723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888150403355706342.post-26055014925506158312008-05-03T15:01:00.000-07:002008-05-18T10:21:40.267-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wIVePEfuzfQ/SDBlWcN6MxI/AAAAAAAAABk/NIvWveNpzmk/s1600-h/Windsock_Text.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wIVePEfuzfQ/SDBlWcN6MxI/AAAAAAAAABk/NIvWveNpzmk/s320/Windsock_Text.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201769005818983186" /></a><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Geographer and Windsock at the Lost Site of The Point of Beginning (northern bank of the Ohio River, Ohio/Pennsylvania border)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The geographer is Dr. Brad Shellito, Associate Professor of Geography at Youngstown State University, and the windsock is 5'6" long - the average height of a male in the 18th century. Thomas Hutchins, the first geographer of the United States, drove a stake in 1785 near where Dr. Shellito stands in the image - maybe exactly where Dr. Shellito stands. The windsock gauges natural phenomena at the site while referencing a pivotal, historical human presence at the site. </span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8888150403355706342-2605501492550615831?l=asnearasmaybe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>phchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541037395586281723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888150403355706342.post-25602177462565067402008-03-10T19:01:00.000-07:002008-03-10T19:02:39.916-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wIVePEfuzfQ/R9XoDbmvo1I/AAAAAAAAAA0/bgkNjW9mHQ4/s1600-h/Sites+-+Point+of+Beginning+1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wIVePEfuzfQ/R9XoDbmvo1I/AAAAAAAAAA0/bgkNjW9mHQ4/s320/Sites+-+Point+of+Beginning+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176298492379767634" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8888150403355706342-2560217746256506740?l=asnearasmaybe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>phchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541037395586281723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888150403355706342.post-88511840498342089882008-03-02T19:42:00.000-08:002008-03-11T08:41:07.246-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wIVePEfuzfQ/R9aoBrmvo3I/AAAAAAAAABQ/k9i6WHeY3qU/s1600-h/allthehouseplants.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wIVePEfuzfQ/R9aoBrmvo3I/AAAAAAAAABQ/k9i6WHeY3qU/s320/allthehouseplants.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176509568547529586" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8888150403355706342-8851184049834208988?l=asnearasmaybe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>phchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541037395586281723noreply@blogger.com0