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The meeting will be held at the Kelseyville Senior Center, 5245 3rd St. at 2 p.m. Lake County Historical Society members and guests are welcome.
Light refreshments will be available.
The guest speaker will be Dr. John Parker, who will discuss 20,000 years of Lake County prehistory.
Dr. Parker will use artifacts and a PowerPoint presentation to take you through the cultural, environmental and technological changes that occurred in Lake County during the past 20,000 years.
The information presented is based on 20 years of research that culminated in his 315-page doctoral dissertation.
We all know that Lake County was home to many American Indian communities. Parker will help answer the following questions:
Where did they come from?
What was the Lake Basin like during the last ice age?
What was their culture like?
What did they eat?
Where did they live?
How did their lives change over the past 20,000 years?
Dr. Parker will answer these questions and more as he takes you on a journey through the past.
In 1973, Dr. Parker began a 20-year study of Lake County prehistory. For 15 of those years, he lived in Clearlake, taught at Mendocino and Yuba Community College, gave educational programs to civic clubs and community groups, conducted archaeological studies for landowners, and served as a planning commissioner for the city of Clearlake. He organized public and political support for the purchase of the Anderson Marsh State Historic Park.
He is a registered professional archaeologist, a life member of the Society for California Archaeology, a life member of the Lake County Historical Society and volunteered many hours helping Henry Mauldin update the card catalog for the County Historical Notes.
His work has been seen on PBS, CBS Evening News, Good Morning America, CNN, FOX, in newspapers and in magazines such as People, Newsweek, Archaeology, Omni, Westways, American Film, Instructor, Sunset, California and Preservation News.
To learn more and see some of his work turn on your computer and go to
For more information about the historical society, call Randy Ridgel at 707-279-4062 or Mike Anderson at 707-277-2075, or visit the group online at www.lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net .
