BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Clinton -- Cosca Regional Park (incl murals and chainsaw carving art)

MD -- Clinton -- Cosca Regional Park (incl murals and chainsaw carving art):

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. COSCAP_220420_039.JPG: Clinton
2. COSCAP_220420_104.JPG: Mas Paz
3. COSCAP_220420_157.JPG: M-NCPPC Skatepark Rules
4. COSCAP_220420_186.JPG: Blackbear Family Completed March 2018 Installed at the Northeast Corner of Cosca Regional Park Lake, this carving was created from yellow pine and features a mother bear and three cubs. Sculpted by Joseph and Mandy Stebbing.
5. COSCAP_220420_195.JPG: Blue Heron Completed March 2018 Installed on the peninsula at the northern end of the lake, this carving made from yellow pine represents the birds and other animals that live in the park. The carving features a small fence that connects a short fox totem and the larger totem pole. Sculpted by Joseph and Mandy Stebbing.
6. COSCAP_220420_372.JPG: Clearwater Nature Center
7. COSCAP_220420_375.JPG: Louise F. Cosca Regional Park Past and Present Miocene Period (20-10 Million Years Ago) You are standing on an ancient seabed. During the Miocene period. 20 to 10 million years ago, all of Southern Maryland was a warm shallow ocean called the Miocene Sea that reached as far north as Washington D.C. Beneath your feet lay fossils such as sharks teeth, mollusks, crocodiles, whales, turtles, and more Ice Age (2 Million - 10,000 Years Ago) During the last 70 thousand years there were several glacial advances from the north called Ice Ages. Much of the ocean's water was stored in glaciers dramatically lowering sea levels. As the earth warmed, water from melting glaciers cut deep river channels in the former sea floor. At the end of the last Ice Age, 10 to 15 thousand years ago, melting glaciers flooded the ancient Susquehanna River Valley forming the great estuary, the Chesapeake Bay. Did you know that Calvert Cliffs are the remains of an eroded valley? Human Occupation (10,000 Years Ago To Present) Archaeology evidence indicates that American Indians visited and inhabited Prince George's County over the last 10,000 years. The first native inhabitants were hunters and gatherers. Nearby springs provided fresh water and stones from the streambeds were shaped into tools for hunting and working hides and wood. The wetlands supplied plants and animals for food, medicines, clothing, and shelter. Gradually, the population of American Indians increased and large tribal groups began farming and living in villages. Artifacts such as spear and arrow points ground stone axes, pottery, and other help archaeologists to understand how the area's first inhabitants to environmental changes over time. In 1608, Captain John Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, Indian villages thrived along the Potomac and Patuxent Rivers. The Algonquian-speaking Piscataway-Conoy Indians were the principal tribe in Southern Maryland. Their main village was located on Piscataway Creek about five miles to the west of here. Many descendants of the original inhabitants of Southern Maryland still live in Prince George's County today. Colonization and Agriculture (Late 1600s-1900s) By the late 1600s, European colonists settled in Maryland and established tobacco plantations dependant upon slaves brought from Africa. Tobacco was the major crop and economic force in Southern Maryland for nearly 200 years. This park was part of a plantation composed of tracts known as "Brother's Delight" and "Sister's Delight". Brother's Delight was established by John Wheeler in 1673 and Sister's Delight in 1703 by Hillary Ball. Over the years parcels of the property were sold to others such as John Simpson in 1753 and Edward Lanham in 1767. One property owner, Emily Edelin owned at least 19 enslaved African Americans in 1860. In 1865, when the Civil War ended and slavery was abolished, large plantations failed and were divided into smaller farms. Evidence of the past can still be seen in Louise F. Cosca Park. The Thrift Schoolhouse, a one room school, stands at the southern boundary of the park. Built in 1884 on a one-acre plot, it replaced an earlier school house that was established in 1868. Thrift School closed in 1909 and was converted into a house. Old wagon trails near the school led to former farm fields (you are standing on one now), and a trail near the lake went to an apple orchard. Even the remains of an old whiskey still can be found west of the lake. Changing Times (Mid 1900s-Present) In 1962 The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) purchased 500 acres of land from the heirs of Rebecca Berger for developing Clinton Regional Park. The park was later renamed "Louise F. Cosca Regional Park" in honor of M-NCPPC Commissioner Louis Cosca. Clearwater nature Center, the first in Prince George's County, was dedicated on May 2, 1970. As development encroaches on green space, conservation areas such as Louise F. Cosca Park are essential for future generations of people and wildlife.
8. COSCAP_220420_388.JPG: Louise F. Cosca Regional Park Past and Present Miocene Period (20-10 Million Years Ago) You are standing on an ancient seabed. During the Miocene period. 20 to 10 million years ago, all of Southern Maryland was a warm shallow ocean called the Miocene Sea that reached as far north as Washington D.C. Beneath your feet lay fossils such as sharks teeth, mollusks, crocodiles, whales, turtles, and more
9. COSCAP_220420_391.JPG: Ice Age (2 Million - 10,000 Years Ago) During the last 70 thousand years there were several glacial advances from the north called Ice Ages. Much of the ocean's water was stored in glaciers dramatically lowering sea levels. As the earth warmed, water from melting glaciers cut deep river channels in the former sea floor. At the end of the last Ice Age, 10 to 15 thousand years ago, melting glaciers flooded the ancient Susquehanna River Valley forming the great estuary, the Chesapeake Bay. Did you know that Calvert Cliffs are the remains of an eroded valley?
10. COSCAP_220420_394.JPG: Human Occupation (10,000 Years Ago To Present) Archaeology evidence indicates that American Indians visited and inhabited Prince George's County over the last 10,000 years. The first native inhabitants were hunters and gatherers. Nearby springs provided fresh water and stones from the streambeds were shaped into tools for hunting and working hides and wood. The wetlands supplied plants and animals for food, medicines, clothing, and shelter. Gradually, the population of American Indians increased and large tribal groups began farming and living in villages. Artifacts such as spear and arrow points ground stone axes, pottery, and other help archaeologists to understand how the area's first inhabitants to environmental changes over time.
11. COSCAP_220420_397.JPG: In 1608, Captain John Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, Indian villages thrived along the Potomac and Patuxent Rivers. The Algonquian-speaking Piscataway-Conoy Indians were the principal tribe in Southern Maryland. Their main village was located on Piscataway Creek about five miles to the west of here. Many descendants of the original inhabitants of Southern Maryland still live in Prince George's County today. Colonization and Agriculture (Late 1600s-1900s) By the late 1600s, European colonists settled in Maryland and established tobacco plantations dependant upon slaves brought from Africa. Tobacco was the major crop and economic force in Southern Maryland for nearly 200 years. This park was part of a plantation composed of tracts known as "Brother's Delight" and "Sister's Delight". Brother's Delight was established by John Wheeler in 1673 and Sister's Delight in 1703 by Hillary Ball. Over the years parcels of the property were sold to others such as John Simpson in 1753 and Edward Lanham in 1767. One property owner, Emily Edelin owned at least 19 enslaved African Americans in 1860. In 1865, when the Civil War ended and slavery was abolished, large plantations failed and were divided into smaller farms. Evidence of the past can still be seen in Louise F. Cosca Park. The Thrift Schoolhouse, a one room school, stands at the southern boundary of the park.
12. COSCAP_220420_400.JPG: Built in 1884 on a one-acre plot, it replaced an earlier school house that was established in 1868. Thrift School closed in 1909 and was converted into a house. Old wagon trails near the school led to former farm fields (you are standing on one now), and a trail near the lake went to an apple orchard. Even the remains of an old whiskey still can be found west of the lake. Changing Times (Mid 1900s-Present) In 1962 The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) purchased 500 acres of land from the heirs of Rebecca Berger for developing Clinton Regional Park. The park was later renamed "Louise F. Cosca Regional Park" in honor of M-NCPPC Commissioner Louis Cosca. Clearwater nature Center, the first in Prince George's County, was dedicated on May 2, 1970. As development encroaches on green space, conservation areas such as Louise F. Cosca Park are essential for future generations of people and wildlife.
13. COSCAP_220420_409.JPG: Giants of the Forest
14. COSCAP_220420_420.JPG: Botanical War and Peace
15. COSCAP_220420_439.JPG: Nature Recycles and So Should You
16. COSCAP_220420_446.JPG: Wildlife Clues -- Stories Written on the Ground
17. COSCAP_220420_452.JPG: Listen Completed On Sept. 16, 2015 This sculpture was created using sweetgrass, wild grape vines, and reeds harvested from the Patuxet River and woven into various shapes. The installation is visible from a walkway that leads visitors to the trail and is 30 feet off the ground. Sculpted by lead artists Caryl Henry Alexander and Larry Jones with apprentices Ellis Alston, Xavier Fuller, Jasmine Hamilton, Rachel Hithon, Aleeah Murkey, Watta Nyalley, Amelia Pinn, Marissa Reynolds, Bunmi Shabi, Darnell Terry, Christopher Vargas, Ashley Vauss, Ameera Westfield, and Jason Williams.
18. COSCAP_220420_478.JPG: Who Needs a Pond?
19. COSCAP_220420_490.JPG: Your buck stops here Every dollar spent supports our nature facilities and the programs you love
20. COSCAP_220420_531.JPG: It's a Dirty Job
21. COSCAP_220420_552.JPG: Great Blue Heron
22. COSCAP_220420_560.JPG: American Crow
23. COSCAP_220420_577.JPG: Did you know? 9 billion tons of litter ends [sic] up in our oceans each year!
24. COSCAP_220420_591.JPG: Red Fox Den
25. COSCAP_220420_594.JPG: Field Predators
26. COSCAP_220420_611.JPG: As Butterflies Flutter By
27. COSCAP_220420_618.JPG: Raptors Reign Over Their Domain
28. COSCAP_220420_630.JPG: Bald Eagle
29. COSCAP_220420_636.JPG: Talon Bald Eagle 2000-2021
30. COSCAP_220420_644.JPG: Barred Owl
31. COSCAP_220420_716.JPG: Salamander
Description of Subject Matter: Cosca Regional Park
With over 690 acres located in southern Prince George's County, Cosca Regional Park features both natural, undeveloped areas and land that has been developed for recreational use. The park is located in Clinton, Maryland, near Andrews Air Force Base.
The above was from https://www.pgparks.com/3248/Cosca-Regional-Park
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