ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, HISTORIC STREETCARS
Saturday June 12, 2010
$114
Meadowcroft Rockshelter, an archaeological site near Avella in
southwestern Pennsylvania, is a rock shelter in a bluff over looking a tributary
of the Ohio River. Excavated from 1973 - 1978, radiocarbon dating dates the site
back 16,000 - 19,000 years. It has yielded Woodland, Archaic and Paleoindian
remains. Along with this site, they have re-created a 17th century Native
American Village. We will be transported up to the site and then completing the
journey along their newly-constructed observation deck - staircase - enclosure
to get a first-hand view and to learn more about this fascinating archaeological
discovery.
We’ll be dining at The Spring House, an old-fashioned country store and
restaurant specializing in made-from-scratch meals and pies. Then it’s off to
see the “Streetcar Named Desire”, along with thirty trolleys from Cleveland,
Pittsburgh and other cities. The museum highlights the “trolley era” and, while
we are here, we’ll be traveling about four miles aboard a beautifully-restored
streetcar before departing for a candy store - ice cream soda shop.
Elyria, No Olmsted, Middleburg Hts, Independence, Highland Hts, Boston Hts