Article: Mystery stones on New England hilltop continue to baffle experts

Article: A New England tradition falls apart, stone ...
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... forms and in New England, it's the stone wall," Thorson ... encrusted stones are especially ... complaints of stone thefts throughout New England and parts of ... few cases, stone rustlers caught ... that he stole stones from walls ...

Article: Saving New England's Stone Walls; Alliances ...
The Washington Post;  September 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... landforms and in New England it's the stone wall," Thorson ... encrusted stones are especially ... complaints of stone thefts throughout New England and parts of ... few cases, stone rustlers caught ... that he stole stones from walls ...

Article: New England Heritage Etched in Stone
The Washington Post;  March 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... beside a knee-high stone wall in Mansfield, Conn. Stone walls look the way ... said. As frost worked stones to the soil surface ... because lifting the stone higher than that was ... While the classic New England wall is rock upon rock ...

Transcript: New England's Famed Stone Walls in Demand
NPR Morning Edition;  December 3, 2007 ;     625 words ... ... That's the stones that make ... quintessential New England stone wall. Just ... labeled him the stone wall guy ... behind the stones. The walls ... remnants of New England's agricultural ... how many stones have disappeared ... demand for stone is high ... often seen in ...

Article: NEW ENGLAND GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE, INC. RELEASES A ...
PR Newswire;  March 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The New England Governors' Conference, Inc ... Construction Aggregates Resources of New England - An Analysis of Supply and ... sand and gravel and crushed stone resources of the New England states. Phase one analyzed ...

Article: GET OUTSIDE; Stone walls solid part of New ...
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  May 8, 2004 ;     616 words ... ... history and geology in "Stone by Stone," revealing that at one ... than 240,000 miles of stone walls covered America's Northeast. The stones were all placed by hand ... Yankee Potatoes" - from New England's rocky soil. Types ...

Article: If these wall could talk; Geologist shares stories of New ...
The Boston Herald;  February 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... nature, their stones tend to scatter ... new book, "Stone by Stone ... History in New England's Stone Walls ... stacked the stones. His fresh ... height of most stone walls in New England. They vary ... and toss the stones. Tossed together ...