CIVIL WAR OAK LbNA #52566 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Beaver People  |
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| Plant date: | Mar 21, 2010 |
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| City: | Marion |
| County: | Wayne |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | puttytat2137 |
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| Last found: | Sep 26, 2011 |
| Status: | FFFr |
| Last edited: | Mar 21, 2010 |
Civil War Oak Letterbox
Marion New York is a quiet country hamlet in rural Wayne County in Western New York. It is 23 miles east of the Four Corners (State and Main) in Downtown Rochester, and 10 miles due south of Pultneyville on Lake Ontario.
First settled in the early 1800s, it was originally know as Winchester NY and was a sort of commercial center for the orchards and rich farm lands that surround it. In 1826 the name was changed to Marion to honor American Revolutionary hero Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion.
The area around this part of Wayne County is characterized by a unique geographic phenomenon known as Drumlins. Just south of here are the beautiful Finger Lakes. When the receding glaciers of the last Ice Age dug the Finger Lakes, the earth they dug up was deposited in these linear narrow low hills that run north and south. From a distance they almost look like upside down canoes!
The western outskirts of Marion are the intersection of State Route 21 and County Road 207. There is a blinking 4 way red light stop there. Proceed EAST on Buffalo Street and you will quickly come to Marion’s only traffic signal at the corner of Buffalo and Main Streets. The M&T Bank is right in front of you. Turn left, passing downtown businesses on your left, the United Church on your right, the Marion Elementary School, and in about 100 yards you will come to a small side street on the left that leads to the Cemetery. Turn here. On your left is the old School Bus Garage. Park right behind it (overlooking the school soccer fields) and proceed into the cemetery on foot. Directly ahead of you is an imposing monument with a statue of a Civil War soldier on top. To the right of the monument is the American flag.
The monument was erected in 1904 to honor the area’s Civil War veterans. The granite monument was made in Batavia NY and shipped to neighboring Palmyra NY via train, and then hauled on huge freight wagons the last 6-7 miles to its present site.
Stop for a minute and contemplate this impressive monument and the even more impressive conflict it commemorates. Over 600,000 men died during the Civil War, more than all other American wars combined.
Bear to your right around the monument and walk along the road. On your left is the chapel with its distinctive Cross shaped windows. On your right is an impressive monument with a woman atop it, erected by the Potter family. You will come to a 4-way intersection where the paved road turns to the left, but you will go straight ahead on the dirt track. You will pass another monument topped by an angel erected by the Knapp family (if you look around you may notice that there are numerous “Knapps” buried in our little cemetery). Look around you as you walk and you may notice that many of the streets and roads around Marion are taken from the family names of people who are buried here.
You will soon come to a T intersection and take a left. There on your left you will see a grave marker with a green tarnished Veteran Star next to it. This is the marker of Jacob Cunningham who was born in 1845 and died a short 30 years later in 1875. He served in the Civil War as a soldier in Company I, 17th New York Volunteers. Most of the soldiers of this war were volunteers, and were organized locally, so all the members were from the same area, and even elected their own officers (they were not professional “national” soldiers as we think of them today).
Shortly after Jacobs grave there is a dirt lane to the left. Take this and proceed until you are next to the chapel with the Cross windows again. You meet the paved road again. Hang a right and walk a bit further. On your left you will see another large squarish monument……..again with KNAPP on it. To the right is a short grassy lane.
Take 30-40 adult steps down this lane and on your left you will see a huge oak tree. This tree is one of the largest in the cemetery and was doubtless a goodly sized tree even at the time of the Civil War. Notice that this great tree is virtually overgrowing a couple of gravestones next to it. To the left of the tree is a tall slender monument to Miles Holcomb and his wife Julia. Miles is one of the old timers buried here, having been born in 1796.
A bit over 5 feet up on the massive trunk of this great oak tree is a good-sized hollow. If you reach down into this space, you will find the letterbox you are seeking. Be sure to be discreet if there others in the cemetery.
Marion New York is a quiet country hamlet in rural Wayne County in Western New York. It is 23 miles east of the Four Corners (State and Main) in Downtown Rochester, and 10 miles due south of Pultneyville on Lake Ontario.
First settled in the early 1800s, it was originally know as Winchester NY and was a sort of commercial center for the orchards and rich farm lands that surround it. In 1826 the name was changed to Marion to honor American Revolutionary hero Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion.
The area around this part of Wayne County is characterized by a unique geographic phenomenon known as Drumlins. Just south of here are the beautiful Finger Lakes. When the receding glaciers of the last Ice Age dug the Finger Lakes, the earth they dug up was deposited in these linear narrow low hills that run north and south. From a distance they almost look like upside down canoes!
The western outskirts of Marion are the intersection of State Route 21 and County Road 207. There is a blinking 4 way red light stop there. Proceed EAST on Buffalo Street and you will quickly come to Marion’s only traffic signal at the corner of Buffalo and Main Streets. The M&T Bank is right in front of you. Turn left, passing downtown businesses on your left, the United Church on your right, the Marion Elementary School, and in about 100 yards you will come to a small side street on the left that leads to the Cemetery. Turn here. On your left is the old School Bus Garage. Park right behind it (overlooking the school soccer fields) and proceed into the cemetery on foot. Directly ahead of you is an imposing monument with a statue of a Civil War soldier on top. To the right of the monument is the American flag.
The monument was erected in 1904 to honor the area’s Civil War veterans. The granite monument was made in Batavia NY and shipped to neighboring Palmyra NY via train, and then hauled on huge freight wagons the last 6-7 miles to its present site.
Stop for a minute and contemplate this impressive monument and the even more impressive conflict it commemorates. Over 600,000 men died during the Civil War, more than all other American wars combined.
Bear to your right around the monument and walk along the road. On your left is the chapel with its distinctive Cross shaped windows. On your right is an impressive monument with a woman atop it, erected by the Potter family. You will come to a 4-way intersection where the paved road turns to the left, but you will go straight ahead on the dirt track. You will pass another monument topped by an angel erected by the Knapp family (if you look around you may notice that there are numerous “Knapps” buried in our little cemetery). Look around you as you walk and you may notice that many of the streets and roads around Marion are taken from the family names of people who are buried here.
You will soon come to a T intersection and take a left. There on your left you will see a grave marker with a green tarnished Veteran Star next to it. This is the marker of Jacob Cunningham who was born in 1845 and died a short 30 years later in 1875. He served in the Civil War as a soldier in Company I, 17th New York Volunteers. Most of the soldiers of this war were volunteers, and were organized locally, so all the members were from the same area, and even elected their own officers (they were not professional “national” soldiers as we think of them today).
Shortly after Jacobs grave there is a dirt lane to the left. Take this and proceed until you are next to the chapel with the Cross windows again. You meet the paved road again. Hang a right and walk a bit further. On your left you will see another large squarish monument……..again with KNAPP on it. To the right is a short grassy lane.
Take 30-40 adult steps down this lane and on your left you will see a huge oak tree. This tree is one of the largest in the cemetery and was doubtless a goodly sized tree even at the time of the Civil War. Notice that this great tree is virtually overgrowing a couple of gravestones next to it. To the left of the tree is a tall slender monument to Miles Holcomb and his wife Julia. Miles is one of the old timers buried here, having been born in 1796.
A bit over 5 feet up on the massive trunk of this great oak tree is a good-sized hollow. If you reach down into this space, you will find the letterbox you are seeking. Be sure to be discreet if there others in the cemetery.