John Burroughs:  John Burroughs (1837-1921) was a famous Catskill trout fisher and a renowned American naturalist; to this day his writings still inspired those of us fond of nature.  Burroughs was one of ten children, born in Roxbury, NY on the family’s farm.  And, eventually he was buried within a short walk of Woodchuck Lodge, the family summer home, in John Burroughs Memorial Field, now a NYS Historic Site.  His gravesite is next to his favorite boyhood rock overlooking the mountains he loved and which he once wrote, "Those hills comfort me as no other place in the world.  It is home there."

Gravesite view 8x10: