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Robert Thorson

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  • Woods along the path of the British retreat from Concord to Boston.

    Why Concord?

    The geological origins of the American Revolution.
    by Robert A. Gross, Robert Thorson via The Atlantic on October 8, 2025
  • Old stone walls and trees in a New England meadow

    How Stone Walls Became a Signature Landform of New England

    Originally built as barriers between fields and farms, the region’s abandoned farmstead walls have since become the binding threads of its cultural fabric.
    by Robert Thorson via Smithsonian on November 14, 2023

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Collage of photo of geologist Ellen Sewall Osgood and rock crystals.

In 19th-Century New England, This Amateur Geologist Created Her Own Cabinet of Curiosities

A friend of Henry David Thoreau, Ellen Sewall Osgood's pursuit of her scientific passion illuminates the limits and possibilities placed on the era's women.
by Reed Gochberg via Smithsonian on November 19, 2021
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