Author: Mary Gage & James Gage

Stories Carved in Stone: The Story of the Dummer Family, the Merrimac Valley Gravestone Carvers, and the Newbury Carved Stones, 1636-1735

By: Mary E. Gage & James E. Gage

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books : 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: P0002

ISBN-13: 9780971791015

Binding: Trade paperback

Condition: NEW

"Stories Carved in Stone: The Story of the Dummer Family, the Merrimac Valley Gravestone Carvers, and the Newbury Carved Stones,1636-1735" focuses on a remarkable collection of early American folk art found in Newbury, Massachusetts. This collection of folk art has been the subject of scholarly research, scientific curiosity, and even local folk lore. Yet, it has for the most part remained a mystery. Who were the artists? Who commissioned the works of art? When were they done? After seven years of exhaustive research, the authors have pieced together the answers to these three questions. Th...
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A Handbook of Stone Structures in Northeastern United States

By: Mary E. Gage, James E. Gage

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books : 2008/2015

Edition: Expanded 1st

Seller ID: P2008

ISBN-13: 9780981614106

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

This handbook is the first comprehensive field guide to both agricultural and Native American stone structures found throughout northeastern United States. These stone structures include stone cairns, chambers, standing stones, niches, enclosures, stone walls, foundations, wells, pedestal boulders, Manitou stones, and other structures. The handbook provides the means to identify, document, analyze, and interpret these structures. 316 pp. 254 Ill.
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Milestones & Guideposts of Massachusetts and Southeastern New Hampshire

By: Mary Gage James Gage

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books : 2014

Edition: 1st

Seller ID: PW014

ISBN-13: 9780981614175

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Across Massachusetts, roadsides are dotted with small stone markers giving the mileage to major cities. These ancient road signs called milestones aided travelers during the 1700’s and 1800’s as our road signs today do with their mileage and destination information. Although, these old milestones no longer serve a useful purpose in our modern age of highways, they continue to fascinate us. This fascination has led to the preservation by local communities of at least 129 milestones in Massachusetts and a number of milestones in New Hampshire. Milestones were for the most part commissioned b...
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The Art of Splitting Stone: Early Rock Quarrying Methods in Pre-Industrial New England 1630-1825 [3rd Edition]

By: Mary Gage & James Gage

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books : 2022

Edition: 3rd Edition

Seller ID: PW001a

ISBN-13: 9781733805728

Binding: Trade paperback

Condition: New

The Art of Splitting Stone is a detailed study of the history, tools, and methods used to split, hoist, and transport quarried stone in pre-industrial New England (1630-1825). It is an invaluable resource for historians, archaeologists, and stone masons interested in identifying and dating early stone splitting and quarrying methods. The amateur researcher and avid outdoors person will find the book useful as a field guide to identifying split boulders and stone quarries abandoned in the woods.

229 pp. 163 Illus.
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Land of a Thousand Cairns: Revival of Old-Style Ceremonies (2nd Edition)

By: Mary Gage and James Gage

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books : 2020

Edition: 2nd Edition

Seller ID: PW018

ISBN: 978-1-7338057-0-4

Binding: Trade paperback

Condition: NEW

From the time of the American Revolution to the end of the 19th century, Lawton Foster Road in Hopkinton, Rhode Island was home to a small rural community. A few families eked out a living on the rocky poor soils through growing corn, rye, potatoes, apples, small scale sheep farming, and timber harvesting. Today, the land has reforested and much of it has become wildlife conservation property. These lands harbor a big mystery. Over 2500 stone structures have been found including stone cairns, three stone chambers, several serpent effigies, enclosures, niches, triangle symbolism and other ...
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A Guide to New England Stone Structures: Stone Cairns, Stone Walls, Standing Stones, Chambers, Foundations, Wells, Culverts, Quarries and other Structures (2nd Edition)

By: Mary Gage, James Gage

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books : 2016

Edition: 2nd

Seller ID: P0009

ISBN-13: 9780981614182

Binding: Booklet

Condition: New

A Guide to New England Stone Structures is a basic field guide to identifying the many different types of stone structures found while hiking through the forest and conservation lands in New England. It covers historic structures, Native American structures, and quarries. Please note that all of the materials in the Guide are covered in greater depth in "Handbook of Stone Structures on Northeastern U.S." withe exception of the topics "town & state boundaries" and "farm roads." 56 pp. 85 illus.
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Author: Mary Gage & James Gage

Stories Carved in Stone: The Story of the Dummer Family, the Merrimac Valley Gravestone Carvers, and the Newbury Carved Stones, 1636-1735

A Handbook of Stone Structures in Northeastern United States

Milestones & Guideposts of Massachusetts and Southeastern New Hampshire

The Art of Splitting Stone: Early Rock Quarrying Methods in Pre-Industrial New England 1630-1825 [3rd Edition]

Land of a Thousand Cairns: Revival of Old-Style Ceremonies (2nd Edition)

A Guide to New England Stone Structures: Stone Cairns, Stone Walls, Standing Stones, Chambers, Foundations, Wells, Culverts, Quarries and other Structures (2nd Edition)