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The phrenology craze By Isabella Warner - For The Times-Gazette This graphic shows what areas of the brain phrenologists believed were impacted by various events. Can someone’s head shape determine his or her personality? Does a person’s brain have 27 distinct organs that make up their character and disposition? In the late 1800s, many people believed so. These beliefs were the hallmarks of a pseudoscience called phrenology that swept the nation, and Highland County residents became a part of the craze. The worldwide obsession with phrenology began when German neuroscientist Franz Gall claimed that feeling a person’s skull could reveal their personality traits. Gall believed the bumps and abnormalities on someone’s head were the result of the brain causing pressure on the skull. He concluded that “organs” of the brain 27 of them to be exact exerted pressure that created bumps, which could be felt and measured from a person’s skull shape. His find ....
Lots of reported sightings, but Tackett still missing By Isabella Warner - For The Times-Gazette In this photograph a young Wade Tackett (front, left) is pictured with his parents, Virgil and Mary Tackett, and brother, Aaron Tackett. Submitted photo Editor’s note This is the third part of a four-part story about Virgil “Wade” Tackett, who as a 17-year-old left his family’s Hillsboro home in 1986 to find work in Alaska. Three weeks into his stay working for a local cannery, Tackett and a friend went exploring in the Alaskan wilderness near Chicagof Island. Tackett was never heard from again. Between strange sightings and psychic visions, the search for Tackett has turned up more questions than answers. Information for this series comes from author RW Swartz. His book “Cold Water, Cold Hearts” was released last month. ....