On Sept 14 with the assistance of fellow SCA intern Molly Watters, I set up the soundscape equipment again. This time at a site much further from the road; I will be interested in seeing what the difference are. I thought I would share some pictures of the actual equipment and the set up process.
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Fellow SCA Molly Watters assisting me with setting up
the Soundscape equipment |
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| The whole soundscape set up |
On Labor Day weekend the monument hosted a living homesteaders reunion and living history extravaganza. The monument had many programs running throughout the weekend, including living history activities such as pioneer toys, hand sewing, butter churning and many others. One of the programs was given by Ken Deardorff, who is the last person to receive land under the Homestead Act. There was also a discussion panel including 3 other living homesteader. It was a great opportunity to hear their first hand stories of homesteading in Alaska.
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| Ken Deardorff- The Last Homesteader |
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| Historian Blake Bell |
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| Living Homesteader Panel |
I was lucky enough to share living quarters with Artist in Residence Emily Melhorn. Emily is a writer living in LA and originally from Gettysburg PA. She did two programs while she was here, one about the American Dream and the other about Squatter's Rights. Emily was at Homestead for two weeks and during that time I was able to enjoy all of the bits of information that she gathered while doing research for her programs.
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| Artist in Residence- Emily Melhorn |
I have also had a chance to write about the Tall Thistle for Homestead National Monument's NPS web page, you can read it here:
http://www.nps.gov/home/naturescience/tall-thistle.htm
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