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- Boyhood Rock with John Burroughs Memorial Plaque, Roxbury, New York, 1944 - Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) was buried on a quiet plot of ground near his boyhood home in the Catskill Mountains of New York. A plaque was placed on Boyhood Rock where the young Burroughs once played and which now serves as his gravestone. The plaque contains a bas relief of Burroughs and a quote from his poem "Waiting."
- May 19, 1944
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Boyhood Rock with John Burroughs Memorial Plaque, Roxbury, New York, 1944
Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) was buried on a quiet plot of ground near his boyhood home in the Catskill Mountains of New York. A plaque was placed on Boyhood Rock where the young Burroughs once played and which now serves as his gravestone. The plaque contains a bas relief of Burroughs and a quote from his poem "Waiting."
- Boyhood Rock, Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1925 - Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) was buried on a quiet plot of ground near his boyhood home in the Catskill Mountains of New York. A plaque was placed on Boyhood Rock where the young Burroughs once played and which now serves as his gravestone. The plaque contains a bas relief of Burroughs and a quote from his poem "Waiting."
- March 01, 1925
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Boyhood Rock, Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1925
Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) was buried on a quiet plot of ground near his boyhood home in the Catskill Mountains of New York. A plaque was placed on Boyhood Rock where the young Burroughs once played and which now serves as his gravestone. The plaque contains a bas relief of Burroughs and a quote from his poem "Waiting."
- Cedar of Lebanon in Santa Rosa, California Where Luther Burbank is Buried, 1928-1940 - Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. In 1875, Burbank followed family from Massachusetts to Santa Rosa, California, attracted by a longer growing season. By 1881, Burbank's modest success with raising and selling plants allowed him to purchase the home depicted here.
- 1928-1940
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Cedar of Lebanon in Santa Rosa, California Where Luther Burbank is Buried, 1928-1940
Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. In 1875, Burbank followed family from Massachusetts to Santa Rosa, California, attracted by a longer growing season. By 1881, Burbank's modest success with raising and selling plants allowed him to purchase the home depicted here.
- Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944 - John Burroughs, an internationally known naturalist and essayist, wrote about what could be found in accessible and familiar landscapes. For Burroughs that meant the land, flowers, birds and other wildlife around his homes in the Catskills of upstate New York. Burroughs died on March 29, 1921. He was buried on a quiet plot of ground in the surroundings he loved on April 3rd -- his eighty-fourth birthday.
- May 19, 1944
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Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944
John Burroughs, an internationally known naturalist and essayist, wrote about what could be found in accessible and familiar landscapes. For Burroughs that meant the land, flowers, birds and other wildlife around his homes in the Catskills of upstate New York. Burroughs died on March 29, 1921. He was buried on a quiet plot of ground in the surroundings he loved on April 3rd -- his eighty-fourth birthday.
- View from Boyhood Rock, Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944 - Naturalist John Burroughs was buried near the Roxbury, New York, farm where he was born. The site provided beautiful vistas of the surrounding Catskill Mountains, a landscape that inspired Burroughs throughout his career. Boyhood Rock, a large boulder Burroughs frequented during his youth and cherished his entire life, marks his gravesite.
- May 19, 1944
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View from Boyhood Rock, Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944
Naturalist John Burroughs was buried near the Roxbury, New York, farm where he was born. The site provided beautiful vistas of the surrounding Catskill Mountains, a landscape that inspired Burroughs throughout his career. Boyhood Rock, a large boulder Burroughs frequented during his youth and cherished his entire life, marks his gravesite.
- Sign Marking a Footpath to John Burroughs' Burial Place, Roxbury, New York, 1944 -
- May 19, 1944
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Sign Marking a Footpath to John Burroughs' Burial Place, Roxbury, New York, 1944
- View from Boyhood Rock, Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944 - Naturalist John Burroughs was buried near the Roxbury, New York, farm where he was born. The site provided beautiful vistas of the surrounding Catskill Mountains, a landscape that inspired Burroughs throughout his career. Boyhood Rock, a large boulder Burroughs frequented during his youth and cherished his entire life, marks his gravesite.
- May 19, 1944
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View from Boyhood Rock, Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944
Naturalist John Burroughs was buried near the Roxbury, New York, farm where he was born. The site provided beautiful vistas of the surrounding Catskill Mountains, a landscape that inspired Burroughs throughout his career. Boyhood Rock, a large boulder Burroughs frequented during his youth and cherished his entire life, marks his gravesite.