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News from Sellars Farm
Activities, Events & Updates |
 Sandy's Visit To
Wilson County - November 1st through 3rd 2005
Special arrangement by Representative Stratton Bone and Dr. Jefferson Chapman,
the
McClung Museum Director, sixth five years after he left, one of the oldest
and most famous
Wilson County prehistoric works of art returned home to its native
soil for a three day visit.
The exhibit opened November 1st with a special ceremony by the sponsors.
During the
three day stay more than 1,200 visitor's viewed the male and female prehistoric
stone statues
that were on on display at the Wilson County Courthouse Lebanon, Tennessee.
Sponsors: Representative Stratton Bone, The Friends of the Sellars Farm
and Tennessee
State Parks.
Stories of the Ancient
Ones - September 25th
Take
a walk with a ranger see the village and mound site and learn about the
Mississippian
Native American Culture.
4th Annual Native
American Day - September 10, 2005
A 1-5 p.m. event featuring guided walks, Native American tool demonstrations,
storytelling
and pottery.
Stories of the Ancient
Ones - May 13 & 22, 2005
Take a walk
with a ranger see the village and mound site and learn about the Mississippian
Native American Culture.
Cedar Tree Award
The Lebanon/Wilson Chamber of Commerce presented their 2004
Cedar Tree Award to Sellars
Farm for its beautification of a site of heritage importance to Lebanon.
Representing the Sellars
Farm Site at the annual Chamber Awards Dinner on February 10, 2005 were
Thurman Mullins, Park
Manager and Friends of Sellars Farm, Jack Cato and James Miller.
Volunteer Days at
Sellars Farm
Friends
of Sellars Farm State Archaeological Area relies solely on the support
of the
community, businesses and people like you. You can get involved and work
with
others who share your love of nature, Native American culture and belief
in the
preservation of this special place known as Sellars Farm State Archaeological
Area.
All you have to do is click the button below to become a Friend and contribute
a
portion of your time, skills, creativity or financial aid to assist in
the establishment
of the best preserved Village and Mound Sites in Middle Tennessee!
Click HERE
to Be a Friend!
Then and Now
Since 2001, the Friends of the Sellars Farm State Archaeological Area in
addition to their
educational activities, tours and promotion, have cleared plant growth
and trees from strategic
areas of the Sellars Village and Mound site. Volunteers continued to play
a critical role in preserving
this prehistoric treasure.
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Mound 2001
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Mound 2005
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Plaza and village
area from the Mound 2001
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Plaza and village
area from the Mound 2005
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"EGAT'S BASKET" 
Written by Donna Macon, one of the founding members of the Friends of the
Sellars
Farm, "Egat's Basket" was read to the public for the very first
time at the TAAW 2003
Tour on the banks of Spring Creek. Set at the Sellars Farm site around
the year 1300 A.D.,
the story is about two children, Poku and Tac, of the mound builder village
who learn the
history of their village through the stories of their Grandmother Ki.
(Reading level is third grade and up)
To order this informative historical fiction children's book, "Egat's
Basket", a donation
of $4.00 can be made to :
Phone: (615)478-0257 or Write: "Egat's Basket" 235 Poplar
Hill Road Lebanon, TN 37090 |
