QUANAH, TX. –Flintknapping, the ancient art of making stone knives, arrowheads, scrapers, and other tools will be demonstrated at Copper Breaks State Park during the campsite talk scheduled for Saturday June 7 at 7:00 p.m.  Visitors will be able to see a tool made from start to finish in the presentation.    

Retired park ranger Bob Hopkins returns to give this popular program.  Hopkins, a long term resident of Crowell, Texas is a self-taught archaeologist and naturalist.  Hopkins retired from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department at Copper Breaks State Park in 2001.  Hopkins grew up hearing tales and histories of the frontier and the American Indian and early on, he developed an interest in archaeology and a fascination with how the native people made their tools. 

“I kept finding all kinds of elaborate and beautifully made knives and arrowheads and I began to wonder how they made these things.  So, one day, I decided to try it myself and I’ve been doing it ever since,” says Hopkins.

Hopkins has given his flintknapping program at schools, churches, scouting events, the Texas Legislature, and heritage festivals all over North Texas.

The Saturday program is free with regular park admission of $2.00 for adults.  The Flintknapping program is another in a series of Campsite Talks offered at Copper Breaks State Park.