"Big Pea Porridge Pond began its history 14,000 years ago when the local glaciers receded. This date emerged as a result of an ambitious project to lift a core of sediments from the depths of the pond and analyze its contents. Using data from this study, we trace the landscape's vegetational succession over the intevening years. To share with others the richness of the human history of the place, we follow the pond's history from Pigwacket Indians,...