Im jamie colby here in port orange, florida, just south of daytona beach. Im here to meet a retiree who had a curious relic hidden among the rafters of her home in West Virginia. When her grandson finds it, hes convinced its a valuable piece of history. My name is betty bland. For more than a century, a strange inheritance collected dust in the attic. My husband and i thought it was worthless, until our grandson john surprised us all. Im john buell. I knew my greatgreatgrandfather was a Famous Artist renowned for his epic murals of texas battles. I had no idea id end up solving a mystery surrounding one of them. I meet betty and john at the family home, where they explain that the benefactor in this strange inheritance tale is born in belfast, ireland, in 1836. His name is Harry Mcardle. As a child, harrys a whiz with a paintbrush or sketch pad. Would we describe him as a prodigy . I mean, probably. He was a very prolific painter. As a teenager, he immigrates to america and attends the
In port orange, florida, just south of daytona beach. Im here to meet a retiree who had a curious relic hidden among the rafters of her home in West Virginia. When her grandson finds it, hes convinced its a valuable piece of history. My name is betty bland. For more than a century, a strange inheritance collected dust in the attic. My husband and i thought it was worthless, until our grandson john surprised us all. Im john buell. I knew my greatgreatgrandfather was a Famous Artist renowned for his epic murals of texas battles. I had no idea id end up solving a mystery surrounding one of them. I meet betty and john at the family home, where they explain that the benefactor in this strange inheritance tale is born in belfast, ireland, in 1836. His name is Harry Mcardle. As a child, harrys a whiz with a paintbrush or sketch pad. Would we describe him as a prodigy . I mean, probably. He was a very prolific painter. As a teenager, he immigrates to america and attends the Maryland Institute
And the first peoples were here at least 12,000 years ago. We are going to start looking at indianas first nations, and the very thing you will see in the first gallery is a case filled with beautiful objects that show how these cultures were not only surviving in indiana, but really thriving. You have the entire span represented, everything from projectile points for hunting, and very practical vessels to really beautiful objects. A couple items i would highlight are the pipe in the center of the case here, which is one of the first artifacts in the museums collection. It is actually a very beautiful pipe in the shape of a wolf and shows the importance of pipes for ceremonial purposes in those early cultures. This one was probably made between about 100 and 500. It is about 1500 years old. Directly below it is in enormous vessel and it is probably directly before europeans came to indiana. This holds 14 gallons. It was probably a food storage pot. It was found in fragments. Archaeolog
Go inside and learn about the people who helped to make indiana what it is today. Welcome to the indiana state museum. It looks at indiana from the earliest geological beginnings to the present. We will focus on those sections that explore the time when humans first came into indiana and the first peoples were here at least 12,000 years ago. We are going to start looking at indianas first nations, and the first thing you will see in the gallery is a case filled with beautiful objects that show how these cultures were not only surviving but thriving in indiana. You have the entire span represented, everything from projectile points for hunting, very practical vessels to beautiful objects. A couple items i would highlight are the pipe in the center of the case, which is one of the first artifacts in the museums collection. It is a very beautiful pipe in the shape of a wolf and shows the importance of pipes for ceremonial purposes in those early cultures. This one was probably made betwee
Just south of daytona beach. Im here to meet a retiree who had a curious relic hidden among the rafters of her home in West Virginia. When her grandson finds it, hes convinced its a valuable piece of history. My name is betty bland. For more than a century, a strange inheritance collected dust in the attic. My husband and i thought it was worthless, until our grandson john surprised us all. Im john buell. I knew my greatgreatgrandfather was a Famous Artist renowned for his epic murals of texas battles. I had no idea id end up solving a mystery surrounding one of them. I meet betty and john at the family home, where they explain that the benefactor in this strange inheritance tale is born in belfast, ireland, in 1836. His name is Harry Mcardle. As a child, harrys a whiz with a paintbrush or sketch pad. Would we describe him as a prodigy . I mean, probably. He was a very prolific painter. As a teenager, he immigrates to america and attends the Maryland Institute of the arts, where he cre