Flint And Chert At The Wall
by Kathy K McClellan
Title
Flint And Chert At The Wall
Artist
Kathy K McClellan
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Photograph - Photographs
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Flint And Chert At The Wall by Kathy K. McClellan is a photographic image for Day 311 of the 365 Challenge (Journal 2022).
This photograph shows one of the two piles of flint and chert that I saw at the Wichahpi Commemorative Wall, also known as Tom's Wall, located a few miles northwest of Florence, Alabama (USA). Autumn leaves were forming a frame around the pile as they fell onto the moss covered stone wall.
The only physical difference between flint and chert is color. Flint will be black or dark gray and chert can be many other colors from tan to white.
A form of the mineral quartz, flint will only be found where there was once an ocean. Ancient peoples made wide use of flint in weapons and other tools.
The Commemorative wall, which would measure 6,600 if straightened out, is said to be the largest un-mortared wall in the United States and was built by one man over a period of 30 years.
The builder, Tom Hendrix built the wall as a memorial to his great-great grandmother Te-lah-nay, a Yuchi Indian healer who was sent to the Indian Territory of Oklahoma when the US government relocated Indians. She was a teenager at the time.
After spending one winter in Oklahoma, Te-lah-nay spent the next five years making her way back to The Singing River (Tennessee River) in Alabama.
Mr. Hendrix spent his childhood hearing Te-lah-nay's story repeatedly from his grandmother and has even written a book about her and her journey (If The Legends Fade).
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November 7th, 2022
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