ABSTRACT
The initial contact from Kimball Banks and Jon Czaplicki inviting me to join this review of the early days of the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program (IASP) some 60 years ago was not only surprising but a bit daunting. Leisure activities additionally included opportunities to visit other archaeological field camps and sites. Particularly popular was Carlyle Smith's University of Kansas (KU) field crew, which was also excavating near Fort Thompson. Smith's excavations were, of course, interesting. Even more exciting, however, was the fact that women were included on the Kansas field parties, giving real meaning to the word "party". Addition to the field party from Lincoln, the crew at Crow Creek included young Yankton and Yanktonai men from Fort Thompson. Wayne Shields, Mark Shields, Billy Picotte, and a couple of others drove down to the site each day to assist in the excavations.
