Check out the lidar in New england, we have walls all over it, more walls than Ireland. Our walls are not protected and not attributed to ancient cultures.
Modern day people claim the settlers built them all. This is simply impossible. The walls of New England are ruins.
Whether or not it's true, it's not at all impossible that the settlers built them all. Almost all of New England was deforested during the 1600s - 1800s. It has since reforested since the land was marginal to start with and was outcompeted by midwestern farms.
There were several hundred years for farmers to build stone walls out of annoying rocks; it doesn't have to be a mystery.
Comments
Check out the lidar in New england, we have walls all over it, more walls than Ireland. Our walls are not protected and not attributed to ancient cultures.
Modern day people claim the settlers built them all. This is simply impossible. The walls of New England are ruins.
That's not the common view: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/new-england-stone-wall...
Whether or not it's true, it's not at all impossible that the settlers built them all. Almost all of New England was deforested during the 1600s - 1800s. It has since reforested since the land was marginal to start with and was outcompeted by midwestern farms.
There were several hundred years for farmers to build stone walls out of annoying rocks; it doesn't have to be a mystery.
with railroads to move the produce.. yes.
It was not fun to be a New England farmer after the end of the Civil War, economically. Things got difficult.