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Slabsides is the log cabin built by naturalist John Burroughs and his son on a nine-acre (3.6 ha) wooded and hilly tract in 1895 one mile (1.6 km) west of Riverby, his home in West Park, New York. [1]

23 relations: Adirondack Architecture, Bark (botany), Esopus, New York, Essay, Henry Ford, Hiking, Hudson River, John Burroughs, John Burroughs Association, Juniperus virginiana, Lloyd, New York, Log cabin, Logging, Marlboro Mountains, National Historic Landmark, New York (state), Porch, Poughkeepsie, New York, Riverby, Theodore Roosevelt, Trail, Vassar College, Woodchuck Lodge.

Adirondack Architecture

Adirondack Architecture refers to the rugged architectural style generally associated with the Great Camps within the Adirondack Mountains area in New York.

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Bark (botany)

Bark is the outermost layers of stems and roots of woody plants.

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Esopus, New York

Esopus is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States.

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Essay

An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument — but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story.

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Henry Ford

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American captain of industry and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.

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Hiking

Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks.

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Hudson River

The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York in the United States.

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John Burroughs

John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the U.S. conservation movement.

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John Burroughs Association

The John Burroughs Association was founded in 1921 to commemorate the life and works of author/naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921).

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Juniperus virginiana

Juniperus virginiana — its common names include red cedar, eastern redcedar,Flora of North America: Virginian juniper, eastern juniper, red juniper, pencil cedar, and aromatic cedar — is a species of juniper native to eastern North America from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and east of the Great Plains.

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Lloyd, New York

Lloyd is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States.

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Log cabin

A log cabin is a dwelling constructed of logs, especially a less finished or architecturally sophisticated structure.

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Logging

Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.

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Marlboro Mountains

The Marlboro Mountains, sometimes Marlborough Mountains, are a group of hogbacked mountains arranged in a ridge extending from Newburgh, New York to just south of Kingston, New York.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Porch

A porch (from Old French porche, from Latin porticus "colonnade", from porta "passage") is a term used in architecture to describe a room or gallery located in front of the entrance of a building forming a low front, and placed in front of the facade of the building it commands.

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Poughkeepsie, New York

Poughkeepsie, officially the City of Poughkeepsie, is a city in the state of New York, United States, which is the county seat of Dutchess County.

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Riverby

Riverby was the estate of the American naturalist John Burroughs (1837–1921), who wrote and created a genre of naturalist essays.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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Trail

A trail is usually a path, track or unpaved lane or road.

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Vassar College

Vassar College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States.

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Woodchuck Lodge

Woodchuck Lodge, also known as John Burroughs Memorial State Historic Site is in Roxbury in the western Catskills of Delaware County, New York, was a summertime home of naturalist John Burroughs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slabsides

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