I was shocked when I looked up and found the cedar trees, never expected to run across some CMTs. You just never know what you will find when you are out searching for history!
I was amazed to see your video. No one in the immediate family has ever said anything about this. I’m passing it on to family to see what response I get. Our Wedekind family came from South Dakota in the early 20/30’s. Enjoyed the Video
Love all of the info. Especially about the stripping of the trees for resources. And you put me on the spot! It is hard to tell with the moss, but it looks volcanic. There are stones that can look angular. Could the rocks be old columnar joints which would be angular?
Sorry to put you on the spot! I figured such an out of context geology question would be extremely hard to answer. The Capitol Forest is what is called the Black Hills (Washington's Black Hills) and they are right next door to the Willapa Hills. I think they are considered part of the Willapa Hills although their origin might be different. I know the Willapa hills were created from uplifting, in fact i know of a place in the Willapa Hills (a few miles behind a locked gate that I no longer have access to) where you can find sea life type fossils in a cut bank. However, the Capitol Forest is also part of a line of hills south of the Olympic Mountains and actually may be more related to the Olympics. There are definitely basalt rock/borrow pits in the higher reaches of the Capitol Forest that we developed when I was a forester and used for road building. To make things even more complicated, during the last ice age, glacial ice reached and covered some amount of the Black Hills (there is a large erratic on top of a ridge on the north side of the capitol forest). So, yes, it is possible the rocks are from columnar joints.
I found this: experience.arcgis.com/experience/e9db1f5e471f4d3d94f6f41c7353e984/ It would be the map immediately west of the Little Rock map which unfortunately is not in this collection. The Little Rock map shows Evc - "Crescent Formation (early to middle Eocene)-Basalt flows; dark gray or black; lightly to heavily weathered; massive; commonly vesicular; aphanitic to porphyritic; fine- to coarse-grained phenocrysts" for some of the ridge tops on the east side of the Capitol Forest which is not far from where we were.
Very cool that you found those 2 stripped cedars. We could learn a lot about sustainability from Indigenous Peoples. Bummer that you couldn't find the camp ruins, though, hopefully your DNR contacts could help.
Finding those cedars was a nice surprise. As for not finding the camp... we decided rather than scrapping the video we would show the attempt. Sometimes searching for history doesn't always end with the results we want. It was a nice day out in the woods.
It was really cool finding the culturally modified trees. What type of cultural resources have you found in the woods? Let us know in the comments.
I was shocked when I looked up and found the cedar trees, never expected to run across some CMTs. You just never know what you will find when you are out searching for history!
There's something comforting about the old camp being reclaimed by the forest.
You know I didn't think of it that way when we were out searching for the camp but after reading your words I agree! Thanks for watching!
I was amazed to see your video. No one in the immediate family has ever said anything about this. I’m passing it on to family to see what response I get. Our Wedekind family came from South Dakota in the early 20/30’s. Enjoyed the Video
We are glad you liked the video. That would be interesting to find out if you are related to the Wedekind of Wedekind camp. Thanks for watching!
Love all of the info. Especially about the stripping of the trees for resources. And you put me on the spot! It is hard to tell with the moss, but it looks volcanic. There are stones that can look angular. Could the rocks be old columnar joints which would be angular?
Hi Thora!!!!
Going to look for a Washington Gate Quadrangle geologic map!
Sorry to put you on the spot! I figured such an out of context geology question would be extremely hard to answer. The Capitol Forest is what is called the Black Hills (Washington's Black Hills) and they are right next door to the Willapa Hills. I think they are considered part of the Willapa Hills although their origin might be different. I know the Willapa hills were created from uplifting, in fact i know of a place in the Willapa Hills (a few miles behind a locked gate that I no longer have access to) where you can find sea life type fossils in a cut bank. However, the Capitol Forest is also part of a line of hills south of the Olympic Mountains and actually may be more related to the Olympics. There are definitely basalt rock/borrow pits in the higher reaches of the Capitol Forest that we developed when I was a forester and used for road building. To make things even more complicated, during the last ice age, glacial ice reached and covered some amount of the Black Hills (there is a large erratic on top of a ridge on the north side of the capitol forest). So, yes, it is possible the rocks are from columnar joints.
Thora loved being out in the woods that day!
I found this: experience.arcgis.com/experience/e9db1f5e471f4d3d94f6f41c7353e984/
It would be the map immediately west of the Little Rock map which unfortunately is not in this collection. The Little Rock map shows Evc - "Crescent Formation (early to middle Eocene)-Basalt flows; dark gray or black; lightly to heavily
weathered; massive; commonly vesicular; aphanitic to porphyritic; fine- to coarse-grained phenocrysts" for some of the ridge tops on the east side of the Capitol Forest which is not far from where we were.
Very cool that you found those 2 stripped cedars. We could learn a lot about sustainability from Indigenous Peoples. Bummer that you couldn't find the camp ruins, though, hopefully your DNR contacts could help.
Finding those cedars was a nice surprise. As for not finding the camp... we decided rather than scrapping the video we would show the attempt. Sometimes searching for history doesn't always end with the results we want. It was a nice day out in the woods.
@@searchingforhistory the channel name is "searching for" not "finding history" 😆
@@searchingforhistory just curious, did our Friday video make it to your feed?
Finding History was taken! Lol
Not that I have seen but I have not been online very much this weekend. I'll check when we get home from Fort steilacoom.