by Whitney Law | Aug 16, 2022 | Middlesex History, People of Middlesex, Water View History
Jewish is not how most would describe the cultural landscape of the Middle Peninsula. However, in the late nineteenth century, “Jewish” would have been an appropriate characterization of Middlesex County. Located in what is now the community of Water View, Inglewood...
by Whitney Law | Aug 16, 2022 | People of Middlesex
Download and view the document: Some Notes On The Grymes Family Of Middlesex County, VirginiaGrymes Family...
by Whitney Law | Aug 16, 2022 | Collections, Collections & Displays, Museum Updates, Nature & Environment, Paleontology/Fossils
TREE OYSTER SHELL Isognomon maxillata (Lamarck, 1819) Taxonomy (PBDB) Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Malleidae : Isognomon : Isognomon maxillata This hinged bivalve grew in Middlesex County during the Miocene Era some 10-20 million years ago. It...
by Whitney Law | Aug 16, 2022 | Artifacts and Items, Collections, Collections & Displays, Museum Updates, Nature & Environment, Paleontology/Fossils
The color of a shark tooth, or any other fossil, is determined by the type of sediment the fossil is preserved in. The color has almost nothing to do with the age or type of fossil. To elaborate, let’s take a basic look at the fossilization process for shark...
