Lecture to explore early farming methods
“Counting Calories: Ancient Four Corners Families and the Rise of the Chacoan World,” a lecture by David Stuart, will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the visitors center at Aztec Ruins on Ruins Road in Aztec.
Stuart’s lecture will cover results from a multi-year research project that looks at nine centuries of change, from early farmers to the Chacoan society.
Stuart is an internationally recognized anthropologist, associate provost emeritus at University of New Mexico and the interim president and senior scholar at the School for Advanced Research.
He has written several books, including Anasazi America, Prehistoric New Mexico, The Guaymas Chronicles and Ancient People of the Pajarito Plateau. Admission is free.
For more information, call (505) 334-6174 or follow Aztec Ruins’ Facebook page.
46 attend Everetts’ 100-year celebration
Forty-six out of 184 descendants of Claude and Lillie Everett held a family reunion on Sept. 6 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Everetts proving up on their homestead.
The reunion was held on part of Claude Everett’s property about 4½ miles north of Mancos in Montezuma County. The land has been continuously occupied by Everett family members since Claude and Lillie moved there from Beulah, Colo., in 1907. Descendants came from as far away as Thailand, feasted on a chuckwagon dinner prepared by Larry Everett, visited and learned about the history of the family.
Claude Everett served as Montezuma County Commission in the late 1940s and was well known and respected in the community.
Open house offers info on greenhouses
The “High Tunnel Open House” will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 13 at Rohwer Farms, 10591 Road BB in Cortez.
Hosts Heidi and Judy Rohwer will show participants their greenhouse high tunnels as they transition from summer to fall production.
To RSVP, visit www.tinyurl.com/RohwerOpenHouse.
Journal Staff
