ISBN: 9781458906465

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1904. Not illustrat… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1904. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... chapter ii. the natural features, the natural history, and the indian period. Special Authorities; Mr. J. H. Sears of Salem, Mass., Prof. V. J. McGee of Washington, D. C. geology. byfield is a good place to take lessons in geology. Long Hill is a characteristic drumlin; that is, a long, high, smooth, unstratified hill of glacial origin. It is over a mile long, two hundred feet above the sea, and one hundred feet above the adjacent ground. It bears a silent but potent witness to the might of the ancient sheet of ice that once enveloped all the region. The great glacier towered possibly thousands of feet above it, and the hill was the deposit of the drift that was borne along in its lower portion. What was known as Rye plain when the parish was set off, or the region of Warren Street, has, in Mr. Witham''s land and thereabouts, interesting kettle holes. These are deep, circular depressions. Mr. Sears pronounces Rye plain an overwash of post-glacial sand, that is, it was deposited in the period of abounding waters and floods which resulted from the melting of glaciers. These kettle holes are supposed to mark spots where the rushing floods swirled around some detached mass of ice, and so scooped out deep, crater-like hollows. Between Warren Street and Long Hill are extensive peat meadows. Peat is a kind of half-made coal. Most of the young are unfamiliar with it, but those who grew up in the western part of Byfield fifty years ago need no description of it. Its brown-black to black color, its salve-like tendency to stick to the hands when newly dug, the roots with which it abounded, and the great prostrate trun... John Louis Ewell, Books, History, The Story Of Byfield; A New England Parish Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781458906465

Publisher: G.E. Littlefield Publication date: 1904Subjects: Byfield (Mass.)Essex County (Mass.)Fiction / ClassicsHistory / GeneralHistory / United States / State Books History~~General St… More...

Publisher: G.E. Littlefield Publication date: 1904Subjects: Byfield (Mass.)Essex County (Mass.)Fiction / ClassicsHistory / GeneralHistory / United States / State Books History~~General Story-of-Byfield~~John-Louis-Ewell General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: G.E. Littlefield in 1904 in 459 pages; Subjects: Byfield (Mass.); Essex County (Mass.); Fiction / Classics; History / General; History / United States / State & Local / General; History / United States / State & Local / New England; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / General;<

ISBN: 1458906469

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ISBN: 9781458906465

Publisher: G.E. Littlefield Publication date: 1904Subjects: Byfield (Mass.)Essex County (Mass.)Fiction / ClassicsHistory / GeneralHistory / United States / State Books, History~~General, … More...

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