Submitted by Mary Kocz, Program Director The Spring River Gem and Mineral Club in Cherokee Village will meet 10 a.m. Thunderbird Center , 62 N. Lakeshore Rd, on the first Friday of each month, beginning in March. To learn more about this beautiful state we live in, we are continuing a mini-series of Only in Arkansas programs which are devoted solely to Arkansas. March 7: Only in Arkansas: “The Archeology and History…
The Spring River Gem and Mineral Club will meet at 10 a.m., July 7, at Thunderbird Center located at 62N. Lakeshore Road in Cherokee Village. Energy resources have been around for a while but not fully understood. Paul Grindol will present “Energy & Natural Resources: That Which You’re Unlikely to have Thought Much About.” He will present this in the for-mat of the Future, the Past, and the Present. Grindol has been…
As part of the Spring River Gem & Mineral Club (SRGMC) “Only in Arkansas” mini-series, Dr. Daniel Littlefield, co-founder and now Director of the world-renowned Sequoyah National Research Center will present “A Close-Up View of a Cherokee Family,1811-2010” on May 5at 10 a.m. at Thunder-bird Center located on62 North Lakeshore Road in Cherokee Village.“ The name of the center pays homage to Sequoyah. a Cherokee who has a place in…
The Spring River Gem & Mineral Club Christmas party was held on December 2 at the North Golf Course Conference Center in Cherokee Village.Members and guests enjoyed the pot luck of turkey, ham, and all the accompanying dishes.President Wayne Pinner announced the 2023 officers. He will continue to serve as President; Vice-President, Dave Thomas, and Secretary-Treasurer , Mary Thomas. Lynn and Ruth Maxedon gifted agate specimens to everyone. Honorary member John Riggs…
The Spring River Gem & Mineral Club (SRGMC) will meet Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. at Thunderbird Center, 62 N. Lakeshore Rd, in Cherokee Village, AR.Dr. Freda Cruse Hardison, from Mountain View, AR, will present The Trail of Tears. She is considered one of the Ozarks most distinguished folk historians.The Trail of Tears was a series of forced displacements of approximately 60.000 Native Americans, the “Five civilized Tribes” between 1800 and 1850…
