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Jon I have your answer to Brooklyn. https://www.archives.gov/publication...ing/brown.html John Brown State Park- http://www.osawatomieks.org/index.aspx?NID=127 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Here's a few from my area:
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Weeks State Park, Lancaster, NH
This historic marker is at the bottom of the auto road to the top of Mt Prospect. The road is 1.5 miles, is paved, usually somewhat rough, but a climb of about 700 ft in that distance. It is a wonderful little stretch to ride, and the view at the top is fantastic, from the porch of the original lodge, or from the tower, or the grounds. The Weeks Act created our National Forests, serving as one of the first pieces of national conservation legislation. The insight here was that protection of forests protected the headwaters of navigable streams and rivers from erosion (to pass it, JWW, Congressman, brought in actual scientists to testify- another first!). In so doing he made it a national security issue and an interstate commerce issue. That got the votes, and the signature of the President. Disclaimer: John Weeks was my great grandfather.
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It’s hard not to pass at least one on a ride near me, but this monument is my favorite. It memorializes the injured leg of Benedict Arnold, who was a hero of the Battle of Saratoga. I like the fact that the decision was made not to identify Arnold by name in light of his subsequent treachery. Now we need a nameless monument to bone spurs.
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I pass this almost every day, decided to stop and read the plaque today:
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Tony, where is this monument located? I grew up in Danbury.
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This monument is located by Compo Beach in Westport.
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Could you post the location or a strava segment of that auto road? I'd like to check it out the next time I'm in that area.
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Weeks Park location for MattT
It's on Rt 3 heading south from Lancaster. The picture google uses on the upper left is the lodge at the summit:
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Old bike near an old railroad marker somewhere near Oberlin, Ohio. |
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221 miles to B_____?
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Buffalo, would be my guess. But, just a guess.
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Your guess is dead on as the rail line was originally part of the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad which ran from Millbury Junction, Ohio to Elyria, Ohio. Eventually they merged into the New York Central Railroad and the distance from Oberlin, Ohio to Buffalo, New York is...221 miles.
http://www.abandonedrails.com/Elyria...lbury_Junction http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/re...ad_map-300.jpg |
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