UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
7 pm
First Congregational Church
Main Floor - Sanctuary
Sutton Center
307 Boston Road, Sutton, MA
7 pm
First Congregational Church
Main Floor - Sanctuary
Sutton Center
307 Boston Road, Sutton, MA
HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND
FIELDSTONE WALLS
presented by
Professor Robert Thorson
UCONN Department of Geology and Geophysics
Author of 7 books
UCONN Department of Geology and Geophysics
Author of 7 books
Join us to learn why rocks, stones and boulders continually appear in our yards and fields, when the first walls were constructed and why, who built the walls, why New England walls differ from other walls around the world, and what you can do to preserve the miles and miles of walls in the area.
Professor Thorson has extensive knowledge of stone walls and historic landscapes. He is the coordinator of the Stone Wall Initiative, an online resource about New England's fieldstone walls (stonewall.uconn.edu) .
In addition, Professor Thorson has authored three books specifically about New England stone walls:
Stone Wall Secrets, co-authored with his wife, Kristine (Tilbury House Publishers, 1998), a children's book
Exploring Stone Walls A Field Guide to New England Stone Walls, (Walker & Company, 2005)
the first-ever field guide to the phenomenon
Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England’s Stone Walls (Walker/Bloomsbury, 2002).
This last nonfiction bestseller won the Connecticut Book Award and inaugurated nearly two decades of advocacy for historic landscape conservation.
All books are available through the Central Mass Library System.
EVENT OPEN TO MEMBERS AND GENERAL PUBLIC
Refreshments will be served
Professor Thorson has extensive knowledge of stone walls and historic landscapes. He is the coordinator of the Stone Wall Initiative, an online resource about New England's fieldstone walls (stonewall.uconn.edu) .
In addition, Professor Thorson has authored three books specifically about New England stone walls:
Stone Wall Secrets, co-authored with his wife, Kristine (Tilbury House Publishers, 1998), a children's book
Exploring Stone Walls A Field Guide to New England Stone Walls, (Walker & Company, 2005)
the first-ever field guide to the phenomenon
Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England’s Stone Walls (Walker/Bloomsbury, 2002).
This last nonfiction bestseller won the Connecticut Book Award and inaugurated nearly two decades of advocacy for historic landscape conservation.
All books are available through the Central Mass Library System.
EVENT OPEN TO MEMBERS AND GENERAL PUBLIC
Refreshments will be served
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THANK YOU, ROSS WEAVER
for an OUTSTANDING AND INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION
Sutton Cemeteries and Burial Records
March 5, 2019
Interior of General Rufus Putnam Museum
BEFORE DURING AFTER
Images from Museum Display
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