The Searcy County Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 25, at Marshall’s First Christian Church. A different program be presented by Michelle Rathgaber, PhD, the Educational Outreach Coordinator for the Arkansas Archeological Survey. Over 12 years with the survey she has been involved wi6h disaster response, the Mississippian period in Arkansas, faunal analysis and promoting archeology to the public. In her presentation to the Historical Society, the participants will learn the basics of what was excavated at the Holman Springs site in southwest Arkansas in the summer of 2022 and 2023. They will then get an opportunity to get their hands dirty actually helping with the research. Participants will sort some of the washed artifacts from the excavation to get them ready for full analysis by the project archeologists in southwest Arkansas.