Ridinger Lake
Ridinger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Johann Elias Ridinger (1698–1767), German painter, engraver, draughtsman, and publisher * Mary Lou Ridinger (born 1945), American archaeologist * Tim Ridinger Tim Ridinger is an American politician from Idaho. Ridinger is a former member of Idaho House of Representatives. Early life On May 24, 1956, Ridinger was born in Sacramento, California. Education Ridinger earned a bachelor's degree in busi ...

Johann Elias Ridinger
Johann Elias Ridinger (16 February 1698, Ulm – 10 April 1767, Augsburg) was a German Painting, painter, engraver, Drawing, draughtsman and publisher. He is considered one of the most famous German engravers of animals, particularly horses, hounds and hunting scenes. He began his training in Ulm with the painter Christoph Resch (1701–16), and later studied under Johann Falch (1687–1727) in Augsburg. He learned the art of engraving from Georg Philipp Rugendas. On the invitation of Wolf, Freiherr von Metternich (1706–31), he spent three years in Regensburg: his coursing and visits to the riding school there proved decisive for his development. His Engraving, engraved, etched and scratched sheets show the animals in characteristic movements and positions in a landscape environment. The ornamental movements in his works show visibly Rococo stylistic tendencies. He later founded his own art publishing house in Augsburg, where most of his works appeared. In 1759 he became t ...
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Mary Lou Ridinger
Mary Lou Ridinger (born 1945 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American archaeologist. She holds a B.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder and an M.A. in Archaeology from the University of the Americas After her graduate studies, Ridinger lived in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and worked on a number of archeological digs in the country, including the excavation preceding the construction of Mexico City's subway system. She is known for her discovery of the in-situ jade quarry sites in Guatemala that had been lost since the time of the Spanish Conquest of the Americas. Discovery of Guatemalan Jade Sources Ridinger is widely regarded among scholars as the first archaeologist to discover the in-situ locations of the pre-Columbian Maya jadeite jade quarry areas. In 1975, In partnership with her late husband Jay Ridinger, Mary Lou Ridinger discovered three distinct sources for jadeite in the Motagua river valley of Guatemala, and also discovered tools and ...
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