Edward Franklin attended an Archaeology Roadshow event in southern Oregon Thursday to show a panel of experts artifacts he had found on his property.
He unwrapped a hammerstone, a fist-sized rock ancient people used to make tools, and a grinding stone that he removed from his Rogue Valley pasture.
“I want to treat these artifacts with respect,” Franklin told the archaeology and geology experts volunteering their time at Portland State University’s free event at historic Hanley Farm in Central Point…