tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post7092009733781591714..comments2024-03-24T15:23:47.503-05:00Comments on Joe Herring Jr.: My Kerrville Daily Times column: History under your footstepsJoe Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05415079505193654859noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post-90704336608907220232011-02-22T01:14:32.085-06:002011-02-22T01:14:32.085-06:00I believe that it was in the 1960's when the l...I believe that it was in the 1960's when the land in the general area of Donna Kay Drive was cleared and made ready for house construction. <br /><br />No houses had been built, but soon there would be many homes constructed in what was a new residential area.<br /><br />Someone found an arrowhead in the dirt and the news spread like wildfire throughout the town.<br /><br />Soon, hundreds of people were at the site looking for artifacts.<br /><br />I was told that some people found arrowheads and some found thick layers of snail shells. The layers covered large areas of land and were 1 - 2 feet thick.<br /><br />The snail shells confused everyone. Surely, they thought, the Native Americans couldn't have eaten something so small (I wouldn't have eaten them if they had been as big as cows). <br /><br />A rather scholarly gentleman, who was also searching the area, told everyone that Native Americans used to gather the snails and put them in their food as it was being cooked.<br /><br />Once the food was cooked, the shells were removed from the food and thrown into a pile of rubble.<br /><br />I have no idea if the gentleman was correct - maybe so, maybe not. <br /><br />I wish that I could have been there for the "dig." I would have liked finding an arrowhead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com