I would be in Laramie with George Frison and James was welcome tocome to Casper where I would attempt to make a Clovis point.
As it happened, I was scheduled to give a knapping demonstration the next week in Casper, Wyoming. I was clear that we didn't really know the details of how it was done and I would simply show him my way. We agreed that the best way for him to proceed was for me to make a Clovis point for him. He was very gracious and fully accepted the critique. This I did and I suggested he start over because it was clear he had no idea about knapping. He asked me to read the draft and make suggestions. He had written a draft of a chapter that included a description of an early knapper making a Clovis point.
During one of these visits she introduced me to James Michener, who was at the time researching his novel Centennial. Over the years I was her house guests numerous times. We hit it off she invited me to visit her in Denver. One of these was to the University of minnesota where Dr.marie Wormington, noted archaeologist at the Denver Museum of natural History, was a visiting professor. I had severalpositive responses and 'went on tour'. This was great but I wanted to expand my knapping opportunities so I came up with the idea of offering to do workshops at universities and sent out letters to seek invitations. Eventually, I was back in Arizona 'making a living' with have trowel will travel as an archaeology laborer. After France I spent 3 weeks with Tixier in Lebanon. I also met Don Crabtree and Jacques Tixier. I spent a lot of time with François resulting in his invitation to join his excavations in France the summer of 1970. François Bordes, Prehistorian at the University of Bordeaux, to spend the academic year (perhaps just the spring semester) in Tucson lecturing etc. This particular story can be traced back to at least 1968 when Art Jelenik, archaeology professor at the University of Arizona, received a grant for a visiting professor for the academic year of 1969/1970.
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