VIEW FROM TURKEY HILL
View From Turkey Hill
If you live on the East Coast of the US, you may be familiar with Turkey Hill brand ice cream and iced tea. There really is a Turkey Hill, here in Lancaster County, where the dairy originated on a family farm. The land nearby is part of a preserve, and this picture overlooking the Susquehanna River was taken from the hiking trail.
Altered original digital print on silk charmeuse, silk, cyanotype on silk, machine and hand stitching, hand beadwork.
Size: 18"h x 22"w
Private Collection
About the Susquehanna: Archaeology of the Lower Susquehanna River reveals that American Indians had utilized its resources for thousands of years. Around 1550 AD, the people we know as the Susquehannock moved from higher up the river to the Lower Susquehanna Valley. The Susquehannock were Iroquoian speakers and shared many similarities with the Iroquois in New York. Learn more here.
