Discover Concord Logo
Toggle Mobile MenuToggle Mobile Menu
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Back Issues
    • Spring 2025
    • Winter 2025
    • 2024 Back Issues
    • 2023 Back Issues
    • 2022 Back Issues
    • 2021 Back Issues
    • 2020 Back Issues
    • 2019 Back Issues
  • Browse Topics
    • Abolitionism in Concord
    • American Revolution
    • Arts & Culture
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Civil War
    • Concord History
    • Concord Writers
    • First Nations People of Concord
    • Historic Sites in Concord
    • Parks & Nature
    • Patriots of Color
    • Things to See & Do
    • Transcendentalism
    • Trivia
    • Untold Stories of Concord
  • Plan Your Visit
  • Subscriptions and Print Copies
  • Events
  • Discover the Battle Road
  • 250 Collectibles
  • Trading Cards
  • More
    • Subscribe/Login
    • Print Copies
    • About Us
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
Toggle Mobile MenuToggle Mobile Menu
Home » Authors » Laney Wilder

Articles by Laney Wilder

OFR-frog-at-vernal-pool.jpg

A Stroll Along Concord River: The Ecological and Historical Significance of October Farm Riverfront

May 15, 2021
Laney Wilder
No Comments

Concord’s October Farm Riverfront is a special place. Its 80 acres include more than a mile of river frontage, where the Concord River makes its great bend and turns to the north around Ball’s Hill. More than 100 years ago, noted ornithologist William Brewster purchased this land to save it from the developer’s axe, but it was not finally protected in perpetuity until 2016, when the Concord Land Conservation Trust and the Town of Concord teamed up to acquire the property with the generous support of many private donors and town and state funds. 


Read More

Featured Stories

  • Cover Fall25.jpg

    The Fall Issue is Here!

    The fall issue is here! Dive in and discover five definitive battles of the American Revolution that took place in the fall of 1775, how Concord's minutemen of 1861 responded to the Civil War, "Henry David Thoreau and the Crackbrained Troublemaker," where to find the best cider donuts, and so much more.
  • Co.-G-Reunion-1.jpg

    Concord’s Minutemen of 1861: Captain George L. Prescott and the Concord Artillery

    In the early morning of April 19, 1861, Daniel Lawrence rode into the town of Concord on horseback, rousing the town militia with orders to report to Boston in response to President Lincoln’s call for militia volunteers. The method and timing of this call were no accident.
  • The_Eamo_CSK_22.jpg

    Relations be Hanged: Frayed Loyalties to King and Family

    Stand in the middle of Concord’s North Bridge with the Minute Man statue on your right and the British soldiers’ grave on your left. Place your hands on the rough wooden handrail in front of you; slightly to the left, you will see The Old Manse through the trees. Peer down into the Concord River that Ralph Waldo called “the dark stream which seaward creeps” and brace yourself: this tale is about to get rough. 

Discover Concord eNewsletter

Sign up today and Discover Concord, Massachusetts!

Sign Up Now

Subscribe Now

Subscribe to get the print publication delivered to your home or office
Subscribe
©2025. All Rights Reserved. Content: Voyager Publishing LLC. Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development: ePublishing
Facebook Instagram