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Tag Archives: Henry Parker
The History of the Butterfly, Part 115: 1837
1837 is a pivotal year in our story. Three really significant things happened (or continued) in this year. In May 23, 1837, Samuel Parker returned from his missionary trip to the Indians of the West Coast of North America, by … Continue reading
History of the Butterfly, Part 103: Where are the Oarisma Poweshiek Type Specimens?
Or: What happens to a butterfly in a tornado? Presumably most of the specimens of Oarisma poweshiek (then called Hesperia powesheik) that Henry and Helen Parker collected were deposited in a major museum, specifically the largest museum west of the Mississippi … Continue reading
History of the Butterfly, Part 93: The Civil War
I have been watching a couple of episodes of Ken Burn’s documentary The Civil War. It reminded me of some of the things I have read about while looking in to the lives of the characters associated with the Poweshiek … Continue reading
History of the Butterfly, Part 60: Henry Speaks on Race
December 28, 1862 was in the middle of the American Civil War. It was about two years after the South seceded from the Union, and 4 days before President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. On that date in history, the … Continue reading
History of the Butterfly, Part 46: Poweshiek and the Parkers
Did Poweshiek have a connection to the people (Henry and Helen Parker) who discovered and named a butterfly after him? The Parkers lived in Poweshiek County. Poweshiek was probably still very much a character in the minds of the early … Continue reading
History of the Butterfly, Part 39: Malacological Smackdown, Part 2
So Samuel Parker decided he had discovered a new species of snail and wrote up a scientific description of it. However, he had not reviewed the other species to see if there already was one like it. The crowd snickered … Continue reading
History of the Butterfly, Part 37: Henry’s List
In the April, 1870 edition of American Entomologist and Botanist, Henry W. Parker published a list of butterflies found in Iowa. It included a list of butterflies previously reported by Mr. Samuel Scudder as having been found in Iowa, and thirteen species … Continue reading
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The History of the Butterfly, Part 35: A New Hesperian
The description of Hesperia powesheik (which became Oarisma poweshiek) starts as follows: “An undescribed species was found by the writer, abundantly, on a grassy prairie slope, at Grinnell, Iowa, June 21, 1870. Thirty-one male and two females were taken, all … Continue reading
History of the Butterfly, Part 34: Henry’s List
Already I have to correct myself. I did find the list of butterflies that Henry Parker had published in April, 1870. He adds 13 species to the list of 29 species that Samuel H. Scudder had published previously for Iowa. … Continue reading
