Blog Archives

Home
Blog
Media Page

Rock Solid History Blog

Rock Solid History News Digest 05.28.21

5/27/2021

This day in history: Supreme Court says Ellis Island mostly in NJ
By Bill Doyle for New Jersey 101.5

National Taffy Day is May 23 and you have New Jersey to thank for it
By Mike Brant for New Jersey 101.5

Watch the test run of Six Flags Great Adventure's thrilling Jersey Devil Coaster
By Michael Tanenbaum for PhillyVoice Staff

Archaeologists, Native American tribes studying pieces of 4,000 year old canoe found in Cooper River
By Lexi Moore for Count on News 2 (NBC, Charleston, SC) (photo courtesy of NBC News 2)

Megalithic site from Karnataka among six finalists for UNESCO Heritage tag from India
By Amit S Upadhye for Express News Service (photo courtesy of Express)

Rock Solid History News Digest 05.21.21

5/21/2021

Lenni-Lenape student helps bring new indigenous studies minor to Montclair State
By Danielle Licht for The Montclair Clarion (photo courtesy of Brianna Dagostino)

All-Star baseball player Yogi Berra celebrated on Forever stamp
By USPS

How Mohawk ‘Skywalkers’ helped build New York City's tallest buildings
By Tony Tekaoniake Evans for History.com

Top 10 misconceptions about historical clothing and fashion
By Alex Miller for Listverse

Melodies from an ancient flute still strike a chord centuries on
By Zhu Ying for Shine (China) (photo courtesy of Ti Gong)

Rock Solid History News Digest 05.14.21

5/14/2021

Sussex County 'gem': NYC museum to unveil 22-ton slab of glowing rock from Ogdensburg
By David M. Zimmer for NorthJersey.com (photo courtesy of Sterling Hill Mining Museum/ Paul Michael Kane)

Paddling the Passaic
By Virginia Citrano for MyVeronaNJ

Tusky titan finds new home at Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex
By The Intelligencer/Wheeling New-Register (Virginia)

New art display in Bartlesville meant to honor Native American culture
By Julia Gorman, FOX23 News (Oklahoma)

Gold for the Gods: Rare 1,500-year-old pendants found in Norse ritual hoard
By Jesse Holth for ART news (in Norway) (photo by Margrete F. Simonsen / UIO Museum of Cultural History)

Rock Solid History News Digest 05.07.21

5/7/2021

New Jersey middle schooler set to make history as one of the 1st female Eagle Scouts
By Ashley Johnson for ABC 6 Action News (photo courtesy of ABC 6 Action News)

Moses, Satchel, Smokey Joe, Cool Papa: The Negro Leagues celebrate 100-plus years of overlooked baseball
By Peter Genovese for NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

The history of pork roll vs Taylor ham in New Jersey
By Erica Commisso for Hoboken Girl

TikTok discovers hidden cemetery at popular Hudson Valley mall
Jess for 101.5 WPDH

1,200 years ago, Maya children decorated this hidden cave with handprints
By Nora McGreevy for Smithsonian Magazine (photo below courtesy of Sergio Grosjean)

Sign Up!

Iggy delivers weekly stories to inspire kids to have a life-long love of history in the Garden State and beyond. To sign up to get even more, contact Iggy here

Archives

January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
June 2022
May 2022
April 2022
March 2022
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021
December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
September 2020
August 2020

Categories

copyright 2022

Proudly powered by Weebly

Home
Blog
Media Page