by Stan | Dec 3, 2024 | Stan's Notes
Texas State Parks – 7 Themes 1. Texas History The state parks are full of artifacts that tell the story of Texas’ ancient history. Mineral Wells Fossil Park and many other sites include vast marine fossils dating back 300 million years when Texas was a big sea....
by Stan | Nov 18, 2024 | Stan's Notes
Texas State Parks One of my bucket list items is to visit every National Park (4 remaining!). In between the “big trips” I started visiting Texas State Parks. Vicky is in the home stretch to finish her Masters in Theology – giving me some time to get out of her...
by Stan | Oct 3, 2024 | Stan's Notes
Genome I was studying a timeline at the visitor center of Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. It showed the history of earth and how the petrified forest developed. The map divided earth history into four long “eons” – Hadean (early Earth), Archean (early...
by Stan | Aug 21, 2024 | Stan's Notes
Revenge of the “God of the Gaps” In ancient times many natural phenomena were attributed to God (or gods). Storms, earthquakes, rain, drought….all were direct messages from God. With the rise of science we gained fuller knowledge and no longer invoked God as an...
by Stan | Aug 20, 2024 | Stan's Notes
CCC Anyone who has spent time in our national or state parks knows the huge debt that we owe to the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC). The CCC was a New Deal program under Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression to put America back to work. It proved critical...
