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Panoramic view from the upland hill and forest at the corner of Highup and Hunter roads, Jasper, Steuben County, New York
My ancestor, Jacobus James Quick, V, born 1797, his wife, Lucy Glosson, born 1808, and one of their children, Sylvenus Quick, born 1833, are buried along with several of the Marlatt family in the small Marlatt Cemetery on the edge of the forest just behind me. This might have been their view.
"Geographically, Jasper is located in the southwest part of the county, and contains 31,300 acres of land. The surface is a hilly and broken upland, some of the elevations reaching more than 2,000 feet above tide water. The streams are small brooks, and the soil is slaty, gravelly and clayey loam. From the hills of Jasper, in years past, there has been taken a quality of stone specially adapted to the manufacture of grindstones, but remote from the railroads of the county, and from commercial centers, the natural resources of this town have never been fully developed. Its inhabitants are, and for all time during the period of its history have been farmers; earnest, honest, steady and hardworking husbandmen, who, notwithstanding the disadvantages of location and the difficulty attending successful cultivation of the land, have succeeded in establishing for themselves a satisfactory and even comfortable condition of affairs, and the town today ranks well among the best farming sections of the county. The settlement of Jasper was begun in 1807, while the territory formed a part of the original town of Canisteo. The pioneer seems to have been Nicholas Brotzman, sr., or Prutzman, as once known, who came from Tioga County, Pa., and penetrated the dense forests that bordered on Canisteo River and Tuscarora Creek, until he reached the spot where he afterward lived. This pioneer was a German, and was perhaps was one of the most persevering of the early settlers in this whole region. His cabin was built near Marlatt's Corners of later years."
~ Landmarks of Steuben County, New York. Edited by: Hon. Harlo Hakes, Assisted By: L. C. Aldrich and Others. D. Mason & Company, Publishers, Syracuse, New York, 1896landpanoramauplandforestJasperSteuben CountyNew Yorklandscapefarmtreescloudsskyhills
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Skies over Canaveral Seas (Panorama)
"Tell me and I will forget, teach me and I will remember, involve me and I will learn." ~ Benjamin Franklin
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No Boundaries
“I like geography best, he said, because your mountains and rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.” ~ Brian Andreas
Indian RiverFloridaNew Smyrna Beachriverwaterskycloudsdockripplesboundaries
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Low Tide
"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Sea and Sky ~ Southern Outer Banks, North Carolina
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over."
~ John MasefieldoceanseapelicansSouthern Outer BanksNorth CarolinawaterskywavescloudsbirdsseascapetideEastern Seaboard
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Michigan in Winter
"Hill tops we sled down hill tops
As fast as we can go
Snow man we built a snow man
When came the first snow
Hot chocolate we sip, hot chocolate let it warm our soul
All the lakes are frozen over so ice fishing we go
It's winter time, winter time, winter time in Michigan."
~ Jetty Raefallowfieldscorncorn fieldsskycloudssnowwintertrees
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cos-scut-e-nong sebee
"The Huron River is a 130-mile-long (210 km) river in southeastern Michigan, rising out of the Huron Swamp in Springfield Township in northern Oakland County and flowing into Lake Erie on the boundary between Wayne County and Monroe County.... The Huron River is a typical Southeast Michigan stream; mud banks, slow stream flow and a low gradient define this river.... There are 24 major tributaries totaling about 370 miles (600 km) in addition to the mainstream. The Huron River watershed drains 908 square miles (2,350 km2). It is the only state-designated Country-Scenic Natural River in southeast Michigan. This includes 27.5 miles (44.3 km) of the mainstream, plus an additional 10.5 miles (16.9 km) of three tributaries. The river was named after the Huron band of Native Americans who lived in the area. In Native languages, it was called cos-scut-e-nong sebee or Giwitatigweiasibi. It was part of a Native American trade route." ~ Wikipedia
Huron RiverMichigancosscuenong sebeeriverstreamCountry Scenic Natural Rivernamed after Native American tribeNative American trade routewatercloudsk skyreflectionsdocktreesGiwitatigweiasibihomes
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By the Beautiful Sea ~ Southern Outer Banks
"By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea! You and me, you and me, oh how happy we'll be!.... I love to be beside your side, beside the sea, beside the seaside, by the beautiful sea!" ~ Harold Atteridge/Harry Carroll ~ 1914
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Sweep of Sand ~ Southern Outer Banks
"A beach is not only a sweep of sand, but shells of sea creatures, the sea glass, the seaweed, the incongruous objects washed up by the ocean." ~ Henry Grunwald
beachsandsweep of sandEastern SeaboardEastern North CarolinaEast Coastwaterwavesbirdscoastshorelineshorecoastlinecoastal plaincoastal beachcoastal Carolinasbarrier islandtidecloudsskyBogue BanksNorth CarolinaseasideseashoreseascapeAtlantic OceanAtlantic SeaboardCrystal Coast
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Down to the Sea ~ Southern Outer Banks
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over."
~ John Masefieldseasseasidejacob's ladderskycloudswatertidewavessandshoreshorelineAtlantic OceanAtlantic SeaboardBogue BanksCrystal Coastbarrier islandseashoresea isleseascapeEastern SeaboardEastern North CarolinaEast Coastnaturecoastal plainSouthern Outer Banksbeach
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Gales of March ~ Emerald Isle, North Carolina
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
galesmarchgalewindsandsurfoceanwaterwavesbeachEmerald IsleNorth CarolinaEastern SeaboardEastern North Carolinabarrier islandislandseaseasidetideskyBogue BanksCrystal Coastnaturewhitecapssaltwterwave
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Tide Pool, Sand Dune and Clouds ~ Eastern Seaboard
Tide Pool, Sand Dune and Clouds ~ Southern Outer Banks
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Evening Stroll ~ Southern Outer Banks
"When the way looks infinitely long, if you are sure that it is the right way, ignore the distance and start walking!" ~ Mehmet Murat ildan
beachcoupleEmerald IsleNorth CarolinaEastern SeaboardEastern North CarolinasandeveningstrollingwalkingwaterAtlantic OceanBogue Banksseasideoceanwaterscapetidesunlightinfinitely long
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Along Route 1, Pacific Coast
"Counted the stars on the Fourth of July
Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky
Talking about redemption and leaving things behind
As the sun sank west of the Mendocino County line."
~ Willie NelsonRoute 1Pacific CoastoceanskywavessandFort BraggCaliforniawaterdunesshoreseasideseaPacific OceanshorelineMacKerricher State ParkMendocino Coast
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Coastal Waters ~ Oregon
“Alis volat propriis” ~ Motto of the State of Oregon
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View from the Wild Blue Yonder
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” ~ J.M. Barrie
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