Stones And Bones Of New England

Author : Lisa Rogak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493023806

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Stones and Bones of New England by Lisa Rogak Pdf

Whether it's for their solace and beauty or for the sense of history that seeps from the ground, cemeteries are fascinating places to visit, this guide shows where to find the most interesting and unusual ones in all of New England. Some have headstones that are fine art, others are associated with notorious events, and others are the final resting place of famous poets, soldiers, and statesmen. Included are large public facilities as well as the small family burying grounds hidden away behind crumbling stone walls and along once-cultivated farmland. A sampling of cemeteries profiled: *Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermont, where lifelike sculptures of angels and Greek goddesses stand next to a stone soccer ball and Shell Oil truck gravemarker, all elaborately carved from local granite by immigrant Italian stonecutters. *Spider Gates Cemetery, in Leicester, Massachusetts, a notorious Quaker burying ground famed for its frequent ghost sightings and still in use today. *A cemetery situated on the raised median of the Interstate in Warner, New Hampshire,which was preserved in 1970 by highway planners, who constructed the roadway around it. *Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Vermont, final resting place of Timothy Clark Smith, whose 1893 crypt includes a window to help him escape in case he was buried alive. Driving directions are provided for each cemetery, and detailed maps show the location of the more obscure graveyards. This unique guide offers an intriguing way to learn about the history and culture of New England.

Author : Rusty Clark
Publisher : Dog Pond Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780975536223

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Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark Pdf

Agawam Massachusetts - Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark is a fascinating collection of tales based on Colonial headstones found in the picturesque cemeteries of Agawam, Massachusetts. The book features information on early New England gravestone carvers, and includes over two hundred photos and illustrations, with over one hundred photographs of this Yankee folk art. It also contains historical and genealogical information about the pioneers who settled in the Connecticut River Valley. Take this field guide along as you visit these ancient burial grounds.

Author : Renee Mallett
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-14
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781439671177

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Wicked New Hampshire by Renee Mallett Pdf

Behind New Hampshire's scenic landscape lies some very dark history, ranging from horrible hangings to scandalous socialites. The Fireman's Riot of 1869 resulted in most of Manchester burning to the ground. New England's largest rumrunning gang was finally prosecuted due to an overdue library book. Madame Sherri so scandalized the Chesterfield area at the turn of the century that she now has a state park named after her. Author Renee Mallett reveals the surprising and sometimes shocking history from the Seacoast to the Great North Woods.

Author : Bob Clark
Publisher : Dog Pond Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780975536254

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Enfield, Connecticut by Bob Clark Pdf

What is the big attraction to colonial era burying grounds? For one thing, stepping inside is like taking a giant step into your own personal outdoor museum. Whether you are a history buff, a genealogy investigator, an art aficionado, a geology student, or just plain curious, there will be something in an old graveyard to hold your interest. So many fascinating stories are carved into each stone, a single grave marker can capture the imagination of a variety of onlookers. Who carved this piece of Americana art? Where did this piece of stone originate? Who lies buried beneath this stone, and who was in their family? The answers to these questions and many others are changing as more and more records of the time are seeing the light of day once again. As so many stones of that era remind us - life is short. Dont squander a chance to enjoy what is in front of you. Welcome to the world of the colonial burying grounds in Enfield, Connecticut.

Author : Charles Conrad Abbott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Algonquian Indians
ISBN : OXFORD:600025756

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Primitive Industry, Or, Illustrations of the Handiwork, in Stone, Bone and Clay, of the Native Races of the Northern Atlantic Seaboard of America by Charles Conrad Abbott Pdf

Author : Charles Conrad Abbott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11551464

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Primitive industry: or illustrations of the handiwork, in stone, bone and clay, of the native races of the Northern Atlantic Seabord of Amerika by Charles Conrad Abbott Pdf

Author : Abbott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00016409

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Primitive Industry by Abbott Pdf

Author : Marcel Kornfeld,Bruce Huckell
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607324539

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Stones, Bones, and Profiles by Marcel Kornfeld,Bruce Huckell Pdf

Stones, Bones, and Profiles addresses key and cutting-edge research of three pillars of hunter-gatherer archaeology. Stones and bones—flaked stone tools and the bones of the prey animals—are the objects most commonly recovered from hunter-gatherer archaeological sites, and profiles represent the geologic context of the archeological record. Together they constitute the foundations of much of early archaeology, from the appearance of the earliest humans to the advent of the Neolithic. The volume is divided into three sections: Peopling of North America and Paleoindians, Geoarchaeology, and Bison Bone Bed Studies. The first section dissects established theories about the Paleoindians, including the possibility that human populations were in North America before Clovis and the timing of the opening of the Alberta Corridor. The second section provides new perspectives on the age and contexts of several well-known New World localities such as the Lindenmeier Folsom and the UP Mammoth sites, as well as a synthesis of the geoarchaeology of the Rocky Mountains' Bighorn region that addresses significant new data and summarizes decades of investigation. The final section, Bison Bone Bed Studies, consists of groundbreaking zooarchaeological studies offering new perspectives on bison taxonomy and procurement. Stones, Bones, and Profiles presents new data on Paleoindian archaeology and reconsiders previous sites and perspectives, culminating in a thought-provoking and challenging contribution to the ongoing study of Paleoindians around the world. Contributors: Leland Bement, Jack W. Brink, John Carpenter, Brian Carter, Thomas J. Connolly, Linda Scott Cummings, Loren G. Davis, Allen Denoyer, Stuart J. Fiedel, Judson Byrd Finley, Andrea Freeman, C. Vance Haynes Jr., Bryan Hockett, Vance T. Holliday, Dennis L. Jenkins, Thomas A. Jennings, Eileen Johnson, George T. Jones, Oleksandra Krotova, Patrick J. Lewis, Vitaliy Logvynenko, Ian Luthe, Katelyn McDonough, Lance McNees, Fred L. Nials, Patrick W. O’Grady, Mary M. Prasciunas, Karl J. Reinhard, Michael Rondeau, Guadalupe Sanchez, William E. Scoggin, Ashley M. Smallwood, Iryna Snizhko, Thomas W. Stafford Jr., Mark E. Swisher, Frances White, Eske Willerslev, Robert M. Yohe II, Chad Yost

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : HARVARD:32044048681043

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The New England Farmer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : IOWA:31858045867755

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New England Farmer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Craig Ferguson
Publisher : Formac Publishing Company
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459507005

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Dead in Halifax by Craig Ferguson Pdf

Stories from the lives of the notable and the notorious who ended up in Halifax’s five historic downtown cemeteries An amazing array of people have lived – and died – in Halifax since the arrival of English settlers in 1749. In this book author Craig Ferguson recounts the life stories of fascinating characters as well as ordinary people with extraordinary experiences who are buried in downtown Halifax’s historic cemeteries. The book features more than 50 individuals and their adventures — from scoundrels to heroes, children to generals, fire chiefs to pilots, and everything in between. There’s new light cast on the lives of better known Nova Scotians too, including Robert Stanfield, Joseph Howe and Viola Desmond. Harsh realities emerge regarding the city’s past, as Craig Ferguson explores the segregation of African Nova Scotians even after death in a section of the Camp Hill cemetery. This book will engage and inform anyone with an interest in Halifax’s colourful past.

Author : Howard S. Russell
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781611686364

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Indian New England Before the Mayflower by Howard S. Russell Pdf

In offering here a highly readable yet comprehensive description of New England's Indians as they lived when European settlers first met them, the author provides a well-rounded picture of the natives as neither savages nor heroes, but fellow human beings existing at a particular time and in a particular environment. He dispels once and for all the common notion of native New England as peopled by a handful of savages wandering in a trackless wilderness. In sketching the picture the author has had help from such early explorers as Verrazano, Champlain, John Smith, and a score of literate sailors; Pilgrims and Puritans; settlers, travelers, military men, and missionaries. A surprising number of these took time and trouble to write about the new land and the characteristics and way of life of its native people. A second major background source has been the patient investigations of modern archaeologists and scientists, whose several enthusiastic organizations sponsor physical excavations and publications that continually add to our perception of prehistoric men and women, their habits, and their environment. This account of the earlier New Englanders, of their land and how they lived in it and treated it; their customs, food, life, means of livelihood, and philosophy of life will be of interest to all general audiences concerned with the history of Native Americans and of New England.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0819501247

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Carved in Stone by Anonim Pdf

Evocative photographs and essay illuminate early American gravestones Gravestones are colonial America's earliest sculpture and they provide a unique physical link to the European people who settled here. Carved in Stone book is an elegant collection of over 80 fine duotone photographs, each a personal meditation on an old stone carving, and on New England's past, where these stones tell stories about death at sea, epidemics such as small pox, the loss of children, and a grim view of the afterlife. The essay is a graceful narrative that explores a long personal involvement with the stones and their placement in New England landscape, and attempts to trace the curious and imperfectly documented story of carvers. Brief quotes from early New England writers accompany the images, and captions provide basic information about each stone. These meditative portraits present an intimate view of figures from New England graveyards and will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in early Americana and fine art photography.

Author : D. Tulla Lightfoot
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781476665375

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The Culture and Art of Death in 19th Century America by D. Tulla Lightfoot Pdf

Nineteenth-century Victorian-era mourning rituals--long and elaborate public funerals, the wearing of lavishly somber mourning clothes, and families posing for portraits with deceased loved ones--are often depicted as bizarre or scary. But behind many such customs were rational or spiritual meanings. This book offers an in-depth explanation at how death affected American society and the creative ways in which people responded to it. The author discusses such topics as mediums as performance artists and postmortem painters and photographers, and draws a connection between death and the emergence of three-dimensional media.

Author : Cotton Mather,Robert Calef
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : EAN:4064066393588

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The Witchcraft in New England by Cotton Mather,Robert Calef Pdf

The Witchcraft in New England in three volumes is a book relating the Salem witch trials of 1692-1693. It presents the compilation of works on the subject by Cotton Mather, a Puritan minister involved in trials and Robert Calef who opposed Mather. After the trials Mather published the book Wonders of the Invisible World which contained a few of Mather's sermons, the conditions of the colony and a description of witch trials in Europe. He argued that since there are witches and devils, there are "immortal souls." He also claimed that witches appear spectrally as themselves. Calef's response was the book More Wonders of the Invisible World in which he denounced Mather's preaches. The Witchcraft Delusion in New England contains both of those works with the analysis and additional materials which provide a detailed look on the subject of witchcraft.