Hurricane Harvey: One Story of the Houston Historical Archeology Network Perservering

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This is an abstract from the "Current Research and On Going Projects at the J Richard Steffy Ship Reconstruction Laboratory" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In late August 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck the Texas Coast, causing at least 70 deaths and tens of billions of dollars in damages. Already connected through a partnership of documenting and conserving Civil War artifacts recovered from Buffalo Bayou in the 1960s, the Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park, the Houston Archeological Society (HAS), and J. Richard Steffy Ship Reconstruction Laboratory student Joshua R. Farrar were once again linked through experiencing this natural disaster. Flood waters damaged Heritage Society property and destroyed the house of the Collections Curator, while stranding HAS members throughout the city. Joshua was activated with the Texas Army National Guard to assist with the humanitarian crisis. As the Heritage Society and HAS members struggled to rebuild and Joshua tried to salvage his truncated semester, all parties stood united in their determination to complete a Civil War museum exhibit by May 2018. They succeeded.  

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2019   •
• Current Research and On Going Projects at the J Richard Steffy Ship Reconstruction Laboratory

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