Historic Oglethorpe crowd learns new details about Native American life
James Wettstaed shows pictures of a Stephens County excavation site he worked on during his presentation at the Historic Oglethorpe County meeting on March 28. Volunteer excavations that spanned from 2014 to 2018 unearthed two distinct hearths, proving that one house had been there in the early 1500s, and another in the late 1500s. (Photo/Maddie Daniel)
Attendees packed the Oglethorpe County Library to listen to guest speaker James Wettstaed during last week’s Historic Oglethorpe County meeting. Wettstaed has lived in Georgia since 2005, and has been the forest archaeologist and tribal liaison for the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest since 2009. (Photo/Maddie Daniel)
Historic Oglethorpe County President Kathleen deMarrais thanks guests for attending archeologist James Wettstaed’s lecture on Native American history on March 28, 2023. This month’s meeting drew an unprecedented crowd, with almost 70 people gathered at the Oglethorpe County Library in Lexington. (Photo/Maddie Daniel)
The meeting was standing-room only, with nearly 70 attendees gathered in the Oglethorpe County Library.
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