Mark's Talk at Historical Society

The monthly talk at the Buena Historical Society was given by my friend Mark. The title was "Our Forest Heritage: Pine-Belt Employments". He covered from 1610 to the 1940s next to Mark is a cedar hoop which was used as money back in the 18th and 19th century. Best viewed large

To see the other photo I posted today http://365project.org/hjbenson/others/2012-03-21

[Kerri]

Great catch

[Harry J Benson]

@kerristephens Thank you Kerri, it was a great presentation

[Rebecca M]

Great capture!!!

[Harry J Benson]

@honeybees Thank you Rebecca, Mark had the audience in his hand

[Kimmi]

Was it a good talk?

[Harry J Benson]

@kimmistephens Thank you Kimmi, it was an excellent talk, presented very well

[Beth]

Nice presentation. This is very interesting, particularly the hoop being used as money.

[Harry J Benson]

@vernabeth Thank you Beth, cut cedar was used for a lot of different products.

[bruni]

So different products or maybe toosl used in exchangeas instead of money. have to google to see when money came into the picture.

[Harry J Benson]

@bruni Thank you Bruni, bartering was used, and still is (I do Mark's web page and he helps me), in this area