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Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway station, Mumford
Number 6 on the Burleigh map, the BR &P was one of four rail lines passing through the area and like the Lehigh Valley RR constructed primarily for the shipment of Pennsylvania coal--in this case, the major markets being industrial Rochester and…
Caledonia School No. 5
Number 5 on the Burleigh map, records for this school prior to 1892 are missing due to a major fire on Main Street that year. The structure shown by Burleigh received a west wing in 1896 and a north wing in 1904. In 1914, a new brick structure…
Geocaches in Letchworth State Park
Screenshot from the popular Geocaching.com website shows the location of hidden weatherproof boxes near the Glen Iris area of Letchworth State Park. Different icons signify traditional, multistage, and "puzzle" caches--all of which combine GPS…
Letchworth State Park in 4k Ultra HD // DJI Phantom 3 Professional Drone
Shot at Letchworth State Park in Castile, New York using DJI Phantom 3. If you enjoyed please like & subscribe!<br />
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Special thanks to Roland Beck, General Park Manager for New York State Parks Genesee Region for making this video…
Glen Iris, (Residence of Wm. P. Lechworth) Portage Bridge in distance
From a series of stereoviews entitled "Gems from Genesee River & Wyoming Valley Scenery," image depicts a popular visitor destination even prior to creation of Letchworth State Park.
Hostess House, Camp Wheeler
Located near Macon, GA this mobilization was built in 1917 and quickly reached its peak of 29,000 National Guard and other inductees for training. It was closed in 1919, then re-opened for a period during WWII.<br />
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Hostess House, Hazelhurst Field
An airfield prior to WWI, the US Army Air Service expanded operations at this location near Mineola, NY upon declaration of war in 1917. With the arrival of railroad infrastructure the adjacent Camp Mills was built as an embarkation camp--mobilizing…
Hostess House, Marine Barracks
Establishment of a Marine Base at Quantico, VA officially dates to 1917 and declaration of war in Europe, although military leaders had been eying the site for some time. Thousands of Marines were--and still are--trained for duty here.<br />
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Hostess House, Army Barracks
Although used only for six months as a cantonment during WWI, this base in Plattsburgh, NY had a history dating back to the War of 1812 and continued to serve as an innovative Reserve Officer Training Corps.<br />
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Recruits at Camp Meade, MD, Starting on Practice March
Located near Annapolis Junction, MD this was one of the larger cantonments on the east coast, some 400,000 volunteers and draftees passing through en route to WWI in Europe. The stark, regimented conditions facing new arrivals helps to explain the…