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Sap Bucket
- Taking the First Drink of Sap, 1900 -
- March 29, 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Taking the First Drink of Sap, 1900
- John Burroughs Tapping Maple Trees at Riverby, 1899 - John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and essayist who wrote about accessible and familiar landscapes. In 1873, Burroughs bought a plot of land overlooking the Hudson in the Catskills of upstate New York and named it Riverby. Here, he farmed and cultivated grapes and fruit trees. He also erected a family home and built secluded retreats where he penned some of his most famous works.
- 1899
- Collections - Artifact
John Burroughs Tapping Maple Trees at Riverby, 1899
John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and essayist who wrote about accessible and familiar landscapes. In 1873, Burroughs bought a plot of land overlooking the Hudson in the Catskills of upstate New York and named it Riverby. Here, he farmed and cultivated grapes and fruit trees. He also erected a family home and built secluded retreats where he penned some of his most famous works.