Meadowcroft

We drove to Avella, PA for the Meadowcroft History Center. In the Visitors' Center, hanging on the wall was a beautiful quilt done by some local ladies for the Center's 30th anniversary. They had an Indian Village and a reconstructed 1870's village. There was also a place where some archeological finds had been made that shattered previous theories. However, my camera malfunctioned and I could not get a picture of the dig site.

These are some pictures of the reconstructed Indian village of the 1500's.


This was a typical garden for the Indians in the 1500's. They planted corn, beans and squash together. They called it the 3 sisters. Once the corn had sprouted up about 12 inches, they planted the beans so the beans could vine up the corn. Then they planted squash. Pretty neat.
During our visit to the museum, these models of barns were on display. Aren't they lovely.

I almost forgot. When we were in the Indian Village, we each got to try and hit a big elk with an arrow thrown with an "atlatl", a piece of wood that held the arrow and helped you project it further and faster than just trying to throw it. There were 7 of us and guess who hit the target----my dear husband was the only one who hit the target. More later from your Happy Travelers.