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Jun 23, 2022Liked by Jane Cairns

Fun article, Jane! Nice history on how hockey came to New England. And I never knew about Native American trail trees. Nice “how to” diagram, too!

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Jun 13, 2022Liked by Jane Cairns

My first thought on seeing the 1906 post card was of a giant horse's fetlock!

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Jun 7, 2022Liked by Elaine Clements

There is a tree behind the 18th green at Indian Ridge CC that has this feature. I'm no expert on tree age but would love for someone to weigh in.

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Fascinating story, Jane. Thank you.

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Fascinating!

Tom Adams

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My first thought was Horse's hock, i.e., hockey, but turns out the hock is farther up.

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