Written in Stone “It became fun to try

“It became fun to try to find obscure waterfalls that had vanished from contemporary awareness

Beginning in the 1850s

what is perhaps most impressive is that all of this activity was occurring in what was essentially a small village

and in everything--waiting to be known

the late James Ryan

Written in Stone “It became fun to tryBy Chet Raymo and Maureen E. Raymo In vivid, non technical prose, Written in Stone traces the geological changes in the American northeast since the continent perched on the equator and dinosaurs were young. Grand events unfold as continents collide, oceans disappear, mountain ranges rise and fall, and mass extinctions decimate entire species. The events are grand, but the features of the landscape created by these events are as familiar as the hill