Arrowheads

While we were in Bentonsport, there was one thing that I remembered Elder Flanders telling me to go see.  There is a guy by the name of Tony who has collected arrowheads over the past 70ish years.  He grew up in Fort Madison and began collecting them as a youth.  He has thousands!

All of them that he has displayed are done so on these beautiful inlaid wood pieces or in cabinets.

Some of the arrowheads are actually spear heads.  The longer ones.  They would have been used as a knife or a javelin.

He has them sorted by size and shape.

Before we left, he told us we could pick one out from a box on the floor.  This was the one that looked the best.  Many were broken and this one was still in one piece.

Even the ceiling had inlaid.  There were antlers everywhere.  The lady in the antique shop told me that if Tony can't hunt, fish or grow it, he doesn't eat it.  He is a waif of a man.

I held it in my hand for size.

Everywhere you look, there are more cases or displays of arrowheads.

Lots of longer ones in this case.

These were quite small.

A view of one side of his museum.

These are ax/hatchet heads

I don't know about some of these.  There is the one in the middle that looks like a snake.  So interesting.

My dear companion and Tony with Tom looking on.

Since we've been here we have heard a lot of stories about how there used to be a city where Montrose is that was called Zarahemla.  Hmmm.  That sounds familiar.  Then there is this man who has collected thousands of arrowheads in a 50 mile radius.  What do I know of the Nephites and Lamanites?  Lots of wars and a city by the name of Zarahemla.  Make your own conclusions.