I'm so glad this popped up in my feed. This subject and presentation is truly fascinating. I learned so much and I absolutely love your presentation style. Thank you!
Of all his talks on this, I appreciate breaking this out into sections/chapters to follow along. What an amazing story teller of our local history--we have so many stone walls here near Acton/Concord MA! I always think of who put these rocks here throughout our forested trails that were once clear-cut long ago. Also, appreciate the CZcams algo for surfacing this 2 years later!
This is absolutely fascinating. The company I work for quarries gneiss in CT and harvests fieldstone walls from building developments. Today I got an education in my field of work, thank you.
Kevin is one of the most knowledgeable and accessable historical presenters I've ever encountered. Mastery of the subject combined with wit, I could listen to him for hours. He's given two lectures for our museum up in Bridgton, Maine and it's always such a treat - so good to see this recording has been made. Thanks!
Bridgton is a great little town! I used to live in Waterford. There are some absolutely incredible and beautiful stone walls in that part of the state. That area is full of them. Some of my favorite ones are out near the 5 Kezars and at the bottom of Mill Hill Road in Waterford. Also along RT. 93.
I never knew we had Merino sheep in the US! I wondered why I would see these rock walls up into & over the mountains I’d hiked in the western Massachusetts area. Indeed, the trees are younger than these stone walls. Ah...stacked like bricks! Fascinating about the Wakefield, NH causeway! A very Interesting talk! Thank you.
It took me a while to realize you weren’t wearing 18th century apparel. I thought your mask was the collar to a white shirt beneath a maroon jacket. You resenble Andrew Jackson giving an anthropologic/geologic lecture! Bravo!!
Just stumbled on this very interesting clip. My small 3 acre plot of land here in South Braintree Ma contains 9 stone walls. Some big stones bearing the marks of being drilled and wedged to split in handle able pieces, one even with the wedge still stuck waiting for the farmers return from lunch. As you mentioned in your talk, different areas different types or shapes of rock. I have roots ( colonial roots) in the Plainfield area of Ct where many old stone walls are made of flat looks like sedimentary stones some same stones used for grave markers. Thanks for my entertainment this morning
This guy Full of Knowledge. Plus good since of Humor too which I very much like. He seems like someone u could talk too. I appreciate ur Video. From Tennessee. Nature Freedom Dreams. rural carroll county cedar grove TN rockhound. Thank u Mr Gardener
The range of workmanship in stonewall construction is remarkable. I’ve seen stone walls in Maine that are works of art and others that appear to be nothing more than a line of dumped rocks following what must have been field clearing.
There wasn’t the human or draft animal population on hand In colonial times to have produced most of the thousands of miles of stone walls in New England and New York.
@@debfein-brug4374 not sure what you mean by specific examples. You may only be comfortable with white historical narratives. The stone walls of New England and New York were added to by colonial farmers. They predate the Algonquin speaking tribes who have been living in the NE for thousands of years. I’m a Mahican elder. If you can’t comprehend that then I’m sorry.
Pretty rude, Id say. I was asking for proof not direspecting anyones heritage. Scientists do have formations that were built before the 1640s in sagahadock county and lydar shows really cool formations related to things like solar events...But not stonewalls in the traditional subdividing property kinds of ways. Early people had different ways of differentiating boundries. Some in the type of hunting grounds. Unfortunately though Native Americans were enslaved a forced to build walls as well. That is my understanding. And that is why i was asking just as a form of education. Really nothing personal.
In modus ct. natives talked about the modus noises ..which were and continues to be small earthquakes…gov.has a seismometer on my friends farm where the fault line is..and these quakes eventually falls the walls plus snow and ice….however some of these walls were built by someone who knew his craft because many are still standing strong 300 years later.
In Connecticut I grew up in the woods following very old stone walls and as a kid I wondered how and why all those wells were in the middle of the woods. Then going through local graveyard’s we have markers from1680 through 1700’s 1800’s and on. I learned the virgin forest was clear cut in 1700s and again in 1800s for the sheep craze..and after civil war the fields went back to forest. We have many foundations of homes with huge rocks that were neighborhoods near salmon river where there is a tree of virgin forest that takes eight men arm to arm to surround…
I'm so glad this popped up in my feed. This subject and presentation is truly fascinating. I learned so much and I absolutely love your presentation style. Thank you!
Of all his talks on this, I appreciate breaking this out into sections/chapters to follow along. What an amazing story teller of our local history--we have so many stone walls here near Acton/Concord MA! I always think of who put these rocks here throughout our forested trails that were once clear-cut long ago.
Also, appreciate the CZcams algo for surfacing this 2 years later!
This is absolutely fascinating. The company I work for quarries gneiss in CT and harvests fieldstone walls from building developments. Today I got an education in my field of work, thank you.
Harvesting field stone walls… so wrecking the place haha
Kevin is one of the most knowledgeable and accessable historical presenters I've ever encountered. Mastery of the subject combined with wit, I could listen to him for hours. He's given two lectures for our museum up in Bridgton, Maine and it's always such a treat - so good to see this recording has been made. Thanks!
Bridgton is a great little town! I used to live in Waterford. There are some absolutely incredible and beautiful stone walls in that part of the state. That area is full of them. Some of my favorite ones are out near the 5 Kezars and at the bottom of Mill Hill Road in Waterford. Also along RT. 93.
I used to collect heart-shaped rocks & put them in my flower garden. Nice to see some. :)
I never knew we had Merino sheep in the US! I wondered why I would see these rock walls up into & over the mountains I’d hiked in the western Massachusetts area. Indeed, the trees are younger than these stone walls. Ah...stacked like bricks! Fascinating about the Wakefield, NH causeway! A very Interesting talk! Thank you.
I'd love to meet this man and show him the old stone walls around my home!
I would love to meet this man sometime and hear this lecture in person. What a great video.
It took me a while to realize you weren’t wearing 18th century apparel. I thought your mask was the collar to a white shirt beneath a maroon jacket.
You resenble Andrew Jackson giving an anthropologic/geologic lecture!
Bravo!!
Andrew Jackson was a monster don’t compare this good man to that racist bigot.
Just stumbled on this very interesting clip. My small 3 acre plot of land here in South Braintree Ma contains 9 stone walls. Some big stones bearing the marks of being drilled and wedged to split in handle able pieces, one even with the wedge still stuck waiting for the farmers return from lunch. As you mentioned in your talk, different areas different types or shapes of rock. I have roots ( colonial roots) in the Plainfield area of Ct where many old stone walls are made of flat looks like sedimentary stones some same stones used for grave markers. Thanks for my entertainment this morning
This guy Full of Knowledge. Plus good since of Humor too which I very much like. He seems like someone u could talk too. I appreciate ur Video. From Tennessee. Nature Freedom Dreams. rural carroll county cedar grove TN rockhound.
Thank u Mr Gardener
So happy you enjoyed the video!
A one-man play starring Bryan Cranston. Brilliant!
Actually, I learned a lot. Great history lesson!
The range of workmanship in stonewall construction is remarkable. I’ve seen stone walls in Maine that are works of art and others that appear to be nothing more than a line of dumped rocks following what must have been field clearing.
Glad I stumbled upon this. I first learned from Tom Wessels about these gems. Check his forest forensics out.
The Abenaki often used stone formations to mark burial sites which they would connect to create stone walls long before English settlers arrived.
I enjoyed this video so thank you for sharing 😊
Very Informative, experience nothing like it !!
Every single 'power point' presentation in the world should be replaced with a bucket of rocks.
This is great, thanks!
Ya I don't have any proof but I think these walls go back beyond early white settlers to the original natives, anyone agree?
There wasn’t the human or draft animal population on hand In colonial times to have produced most of the thousands of miles of stone walls in New England and New York.
As a Native/ indigenous New Englander , I can tell you these walls were always here. We didn’t build them. Neither did colonists.
@@zigzag9133 Not sure this makes sense. Can you give specific examples?
@@debfein-brug4374 not sure what you mean by specific examples. You may only be comfortable with white historical narratives. The stone walls of New England and New York were added to by colonial farmers. They predate the Algonquin speaking tribes who have been living in the NE for thousands of years. I’m a Mahican elder. If you can’t comprehend that then I’m sorry.
Pretty rude, Id say. I was asking for proof not direspecting anyones heritage. Scientists do have formations that were built before the 1640s in sagahadock county and lydar shows really cool formations related to things like solar events...But not stonewalls in the traditional subdividing property kinds of ways. Early people had different ways of differentiating boundries. Some in the type of hunting grounds. Unfortunately though Native Americans were enslaved a forced to build walls as well. That is my understanding. And that is why i was asking just as a form of education. Really nothing personal.
The same stonewalls in England are in New England and Stone markers lead to the lighthouse
It was used as a border and land markings
boss, just an idea... why not pick bucket up & dump it on the table ?
I could give you three reasons or so
Was this filmed in Sterling?
It was filmed in the Old Town Hall in Lancaster, MA
You say gravity. I say balance and weight
nothing like a nice equilibrium.
So… what.. I’m not supposed to recognize john Chapman without a beard and long hair? Yeah right…
He's almost a great speaker except that he says "uh" every third word.
In modus ct. natives talked about the modus noises ..which were and continues to be small earthquakes…gov.has a seismometer on my friends farm where the fault line is..and these quakes eventually falls the walls plus snow and ice….however some of these walls were built by someone who knew his craft because many are still standing strong 300 years later.
In Connecticut I grew up in the woods following very old stone walls and as a kid I wondered how and why all those wells were in the middle of the woods. Then going through local graveyard’s we have markers from1680 through 1700’s 1800’s and on.
I learned the virgin forest was clear cut in 1700s and again in 1800s for the sheep craze..and after civil war the fields went back to forest. We have many foundations of homes with huge rocks that were neighborhoods near salmon river where there is a tree of virgin forest that takes eight men arm to arm to surround…
I enjoyed this lecture very much.