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Sauquoit in Oneida County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Birthplace of Dr. Asa Gray

 
 
Birthplace of Dr. Asa Gray Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, October 20, 2019
1. Birthplace of Dr. Asa Gray Marker
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Birthplace of Dr. Asa Gray
World Famous Botanist

 
Erected 1932 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine.
 
Location. 43° 0.255′ N, 75° 15.583′ W. Marker is in Sauquoit, New York, in Oneida County. It is at the intersection of Oneida Street and Pinnacle Road (County Route 9), on the right when traveling north on Oneida Street. Located in front of the Living Faith Bible Church. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sauquoit NY 13456, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker,
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measured as the crow flies: First Sermon (approx. 0.6 miles away); Town of Paris Great War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named Birthplace of Dr. Asa Gray (approx. 0.7 miles away); A Grist Mill (approx. 4.9 miles away); 1st Religious Society (approx. 5 miles away); Jedediah Sanger (approx. 5 miles away); Governor Horatio Seymour (approx. 5.2 miles away); Justus Henry Rathbone (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sauquoit.
 
Asa Gray image. Click for full size.
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2. Asa Gray
This picture of Asa Gray appeared in the Maysville Kentucky Evening Bulletin, Feb. 1, 1888.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 4, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 20, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 309 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on October 20, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.   2. submitted on November 27, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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