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Frances Dorrance Newsletter October 2013
The October meeting of the Frances Dorrance Chapter of the Socitey for Pennsylvania presents John Dziak to Moderate the Future of Our History Discussion Group.   Read more

The monthly meeting will be held at the Duryea Boro Bldg., Duryea on October 29th.  The public is invited to attend.
 
Frances Dorrance Newsletter May 2013
Dave Gutkowski to Speak about Local Ceremonial Site.  Dave will share a video he recently presented at the SPA Annual Meeting in Uniontown.  An avocational archaeologist who has been researching for five years a site he first discovered in 2004 which appears to be an archaic astronomy site, ceremonial in nature and used to track the sun's passage over the course of the four seasons.  Read more

This month's meeting will be held on may the 28th at 7:00 pm in the Duryea Municipal building.  The meeting is open to the public and presentation is free of charge.
 
Frances Dorrance Newsletter April 2013
Jim Wosochlo will Present a Talk about the Blacksmith Site which includes prehistoric and historic elements at this months meeting.  Members will remember Jim's previous talks how entertaining and informative they were.

The meeting of the Frances Dorrance Chapter will be held on April 30th at 7:00 pm at the Duryea Municipal building.  As always, it is open to the public and free of charge.

Other news, the opening of the Conrail Site  for 2013 excavation will be in full swing next month.   We encourage  volunteers to come and participate in a fun and educational experience.

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Frances Dorrance Newsletter March 2013
Dave Kohler, an interesting and informative speaker,  will be making a presentation on Pocono peat bogs and pleistocene megafauna.   In the recent past there have been bones found which ....  read more

The monthly meeting will be held on March 26th at 7pm at the Duryea Boro Building, 311 Main Street, Duryea.   As always, the meeting is open to the public and the presentation is free of charge.
 
Frances Dorrance Newsletter February 2013
Our guest speaker is Rick Bauer a flint knapper who will demonstrate his craft.  The demonstration will show how the Native American stone points were manufactured.

The meeting of the Frances Dorrance Chapter of the Society of Pennsylvania will be held February 26th at 7pm  at the Duryea Municipal building at 311 main St., Duryea, PA.

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