George Bush Homestead Archaeological Project Field School Informational Meeting

Community Information and Input Meeting for the George Bush Homestead Archaeological Project Field School Thursday, July 23rd, 4:30-6:00pm The Evergreen State College Library, Room 2205 This summer, the first Evergreen-run archaeological field school will be conducted at the George Bush Homestead: the mid-19th-century property of African-American George Bush, his German-American wife Isabella, and their children, located in what is today Tumwater. This family was one of the first settlers in the greater Olympia area and helped build some of the earliest industry. The project hopes to raise awareness of this under-reported, but integral, piece of early settlement history of our state. We would like to invite any interested parties, including the public as well as the Evergreen community, to an information and input meeting this Thursday. We will be describing the project's parameters, methods, and dissemination, as well as publicizing the dates for public tours on the site. If you have any questions or input for the project, including research questions and design, we welcome your suggestions and comments. The meeting will not follow a time schedule, so drop in any time. We hope to see many of you there. If you can't make the meeting but have questions or input, please contact the P.I. at ulrikek@evergreen.edu.