Boyhood Rock, Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1925
THF241517 / Boyhood Rock, Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1925
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Artifact Overview
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."
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
March 1925
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.442
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 7 in
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Related Content
SetJohn Burroughs: American Naturalist
- 19 Artifacts
John Burroughs was a keen observer of the natural world. He hiked the woods around his native Catskills home, fished the streams, listened to birdsongs, and cataloged the world he found there in essays that influenced others to find that same love of nature. While other naturalists celebrated towering mountains, scenic vistas, and the untamed wilderness, Burroughs urged his readers to find grandeur in the local, accessible, and familiar.