Here is the Dedication ceremony of the Ice Age Monument on May 19, 2012

 

George is a graduate of Blue Rapids High School and a retired palentologist.

 

He commissioned this work by the Bailey Construction to depict the geological significance of the Ice Age of the area.  The Sioux Quartzite, was originally deposited as sand in the riverbeds, buried, and still later, deep underground- made extremely hard by heat and pressure.  The quartzite formed over 1.5 billion years ago.

 

Glaceirs picked up pieces of these rocks from southwestern Minnesota, at the edge of the extremely ancient Canadian Shield, and brought them nearly 300 miles to northeastern Kansas.

 

Thank You to our very the very special friends who made the project possible:

Design:  Michael Converse, Emily Hecomovich, Professor George Callison

Logo:  Dava Romaniello

Illustration Art:  Pat Ortega

Scientific Content: Kansas Geological Survey

Sound: John Meredith and Mollusk Studio

Narrator: Lesley Moss Meredith

Marketing: Jay Moss, Patricia Osborne

Project Review: Brad Keller

Engineering:  Steve Cohorst

Logistics:  Philip Osborne, Lyle Walters