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Bretz called his home in Homewood, IL “Boulder Strewn”.  In the 1970’s Drs. Larry Taylor and Russ Clark (both emeritus now) took groups of Albion students to visit Bretz.   Bretz donated his journal and boulder collection to the Albion College … Continue reading →

“All my enemies are dead; I have no one to gloat over”

Bretz first article was published in 1904 in the Albion College newspaper, The Pleiad. The article featured a map of the local surface geology.

From Bretz’s unpublished memoirs- Several of us with unusual interest in biology under Prof. C.E. Barr had extended our interest to the capture alive of local fauna, from amphibia to reptilia to a bald-faced hornet nest, complete with its inhabitants. … Continue reading →