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Frederic Edwin Church born Hartford, CT 1826-died New York City 1900 Church and Thomas Cole, the two most esteemed painters of the Hudson River school, were associated from 1844 to 1846 as pupil and master. Robert S. Duncanson born Seneca County, NY 1821/22-died Detroit, MI 1872 Berenice Abbott born Springfield, OH 1898-died Monson, ME 1991Continue reading “Historical Artist”

The creatures, which ranged in size from that of a fox to more than 50 feet long, divided their time between the coast and the water The story of whales did not begin in the seas. For millions of years before beasts like the sinuous Basilosaurus lived full time in the ocean, the shorelines and estuaries ofContinue reading “Before Whales Took to the Sea, These Ten Species Walked on Land”