Bachelor's degree from Indiana University

Ph.D,University of Oregon.

• Stephen Ferguson Bedwell, an archaeologist, was most well known for the excavation at and analysis of Fort Rock Cave.

• The most notable artifacts to emerge from the digs were sandals made of sagebrush bark (found in 1938) and turkey bones.

• The sandals were radiocarbon dated at 10,500- 9,200 years old, and became known as the world's oldest shoes

• Bedwell's work focused on the climate effects and shifts in the Great Basin.

source:Stephen F. Bedwell

Fort Rock Basin: Prehistory and Environment , A Pete Fountain discography, Grassy Island,: The forgotten springboard to Louisbourg .