Brown Bag History
Thu, Jul 21
|Bemidji
Join Professor Emeritus Charles Parson to use archaeology and geology to explore changes to Minnesota's landscape this past century.
Time & Location
Jul 21, 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Bemidji, 130 Minnesota Ave SW, Bemidji, MN 56601, USA
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About the event
Beltrami County Historical Society is pleased to welcome Bemidji State University Professor Emeritus Charles Parson at their Brown Bag History program Thursday, July 21, at noon at the Beltrami County History Center, 130 Minnesota Ave., Bemidji.
When Charles’ great grandfather sought a homesteading site, in 1869, he found his 160-acre parcel just to his liking, not with rich prairie sod, but with seventy acres of oak and ninety acres of prairie. As his descendant, Charles wanted to find out why this mixture of vegetation was there for him to make his home.
As a professional geographer, second of three, Charles found out that this was part of the Pine, Oak, Prairie paradox. Why and where are these vegetation types spread across our Minnesota landscape? Is it climatic, is it glacial, is it historic?
Charles’ great grandfather built his solid oak log house in two weeks with a little help from…
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