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One constant you see throughout the Maine landscape ( I'm sure in other NE states as well but have not seen it first hand ) is miles and miles of rock walls. They can be found in the middle of the woods where nature has reclaimed farming fields from the 19th century and earlier.

we used to have a tractor pulling a flatbed trailer in the freshly plowed crop fields and we'd toss rocks onto the trailer all day long. It really takes a toll on the body. Sometimes you'd just stare at some massive stone, wonder “ how the hell did that get coughed up “ start to dig it out and realize its many times larger than you thought.

Mainers were once some of the toughest people in New England. Some folks used to refer to Maine as ‘ the wild west of NE ‘. The likes of Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry were once the types of folks you'd find in my old state.

One real curiosity that has developed in recent years is the market for flat rocks. People will pay you for them and they pay real well for large flat rocks. There was a small operation of a father and son who were buying flat rocks out of rock walls on my mothers property.

One fellow not far from us discovered so many flat rocks on his property he started mining them by himself. Some mining company recently offered him 3 million dollars for his land but he declined. He is still pulling out the rocks himself. another fellow discovered his home and land was sitting on a huge gravel pit. He is still digging that out despite the damned liberals trying to stop him.