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THE FRIENDS OF MOUNT HOPE CEMETERYVOL. 21 NO.2 SPRING 2001
GEORGEHENRY HARRIS(1843-1893)ROCHESTER'SHENRYDAVID THOREAU
by Bill Om'is
(Editor's Note: George H. Harris has
been called "Rochester's most capable amu
leur historian." As a youth, he spent a lot of
time in Tall Chief's Seneca encampment andwrote The Aboriginal flistory oj Rochester.
He worked in Mount Hope Cemetery under
Superintendent George Stillson, learning
surveying, drafting, and landscape garden
ing. With this training. Harris laid out and
beautified Little Lake Cemetery in
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. and laterwas appointed superintendent of Elmwood
Cemetery in Detroi!. Returning to Rochester
in 1877, he became the manager of the
Reynolds Arcade. Part I. covering these firsl
34 years of Harris' life. was published in the
last issue of the Epitaph, Winter, 200 I. Part
II is presented here.)
PART II.
In 1877 at age 34, George Henry Harris
brought his wanderings to an end and
moved back to Rochester to manage the
Reynolds Arcade for Mortimer Reynolds.
The arcade housed offices of lawyers, the
telegraph office, the post office, art studios,
retail shops, the Athenaeum and its library, a
lecture hall, and business offices.
Automobile inventor, George B. Selden. had
his office in the arcade. Daniel Webster
delivered lectures there. It was the business
and cultural center of Rochester in the 19th
century.
Once he was settled back in Rochester,
Harris focused his research on early area
inhabitants and white pioneers. Evcry holi
day was spent cxploring thc sites of villages.lines of trails, the burial grounds and camp
ing places for the Indians of the Gcnesee
country and in studying their customs. At
the same time, he collccted data concerning
the white pioneers to the area. His collection
of books, manuscripl~. and Indian relics
grew rapidly and his notebooks filled fast.
George Henry Harris (184]·1893)
was (I prominent Rochesterilll1 with brolld
illlere~·ls lind abilities.
His search along the tmils of native
Americans was started by a chance find of
an Indian burial or an artifact in a fanner
Indian village. When infomled of a possible
discovery site, he would hasten to it and
make a careful scientific evaluation of the
find. For example. he studied an ancicntIndian fireplace, which was found 20 feet
below ground in Gaines. He rescued frag
ments of several mastooons. including one
at Nunda and another one near Plymouth
Avenue, which were excavated during the
construction of the Genesee Va11ey Canal.
Harris traced the route of Denonville's
expedition from lrondC(]uoit Bay to Victor
and determined from evidence where the
stopping points had been. Many of thc arti
facts hc gathered were the result of his own
findings. A careful analysis of the find at old
Carthage revealed mounds that contained a
pipe similar to the mound-builders' pipes in
Ohio. He found evidence of a two- to three
acre fort and a nint worker's shop near
Hanford Landing.
Not content wilh discovery alonc.
Harris was zealous in writing newspaper
articles about his archeological research. He
was a member of the Rochester Historical
Society and lectured there frequently. as well
as at other historical societies in Genesee
country and at many Roche.~ter schools. He
sometimes carried as many as 1.000 artifacts
to illustrate his lectures.
He regularly visited John Minard,
Allegany County historian, and together,
they studied the last Seneca habitation on
the Genesee River, Chief Gordon's house at
Canadea. In 1892. using his Kodak camera.
he made the lasl photographs of the Gordon
house before it blcw down in a windstonn
two weeks later.
Harris' interviews with early pioneers
were extensive. Horatio Jones, who had
been captured by the Seneca lndiuns. much
as Mary Jemison was. proved to be an inter
esting subject for his research. At his death.
much of Harris' work on early area pioneers
was given to the Buffalo and Eric County
Historical Society. His writings on Captain
Hosea Rogers was published by theRochester Historical Society in Volume IX
of their history series. His research of theMarkham family in Rush was given to the
family. His extensive writings about thc
Abelard Reynolds family was published in
a local newspaper.
George Harris also interviewed many
early settlers in the Penfield and Brighton
areas. These stories are now in the Local
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In a beautifullribute 10 George Harris.
John Norton said. "He was a true lover of
nature and found the fields. the woods. and
Ihe streams ne\'er-ending sources of inSlruc
lion and delight. Men. eminent in learning.
counted the moments precious that they
could spend communing with George Harris
about lhe secrets time had hidden from com
mon eyes, The fanner felt a new inlerest in
the fields he titled after the graphic recital ofIndian wurfare or pioneer adventure thut Ihe
research of Harris localed within his bound
aries. ·n.e dusky sons of the forest loved him
as a brother and sought his aid. his counsel.
and his hospitality as freely as though he
was by binh. instead of by adoption. a member of Iheir tribe:'
All of his life. Harris spenl as much
time as possible oUldoors 10 offset an illness
that had plagued him from early childhood.In 1892. however, his heallh failed him. In a
"Surely. it is Ihe most marvelous con
trast. worthy of the accrediled powers of Ihe
gods. and far surpassing in its magnitude
and grandeur. the fabled kaleidoscopicchanges wrought upon the destinies of men
by the powerful genie of old:'
Because of his interest in caooeing.Harris organized and was the leader of IWO
canoe clubs: the Genesee Canoe Club on the
river and the Rochester Canoe Club on
lrondequoil Bay.
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"Today. we are here. the living repre
sematives of a greal city containing within
ilS limits 100.000 souls. Nonh. south. easl.
and west. in every direction eXlend broad
avenues lined wilh palatial StruCIUres and
modesl homes. Columns ofsmoke curlingupward denote the centers of industrial occu
pation in the form of great manufaclories.
while the slirring sounds of labor and busy
hum rising from the thousand mans of trade
sound to our listening cars like the glad
music of a steadily increasing prosperity,
voices of mnure, the soft breezes of summer
- swaying lhe emer:tld treetops 10 and fro
sang a mournful requiem of Ihe days ofprimitive peace soon 10 pass away forever.
George Harris' gfCll'eJlOlle is {oct/tetl ill
Lut 51, Section E, MOllnt HOlM Cemetery.Pl1otogrttpli by Pl"lmk A. GilIesl,ie.
"Follow the line of the SlreelS away
from the confusion of congregated sounds in
the city center. pass beyond the town. 10 the
natural roads thai stretch away in the dis
tance. and we behold smiling fanus with
their divided fields. bending orchards. com
fortable houses. and outbuildings well stored
with abundanl products of agriculture. On
every hand we sec accumulating and W'lending proof of the presence of a people with
the possession of lands. houses, flocks.
herds. and goods of every product peculiar
to the requiremenl of civilized life; with
unlold millions expended in improvements
required for the public welfare.
History Division of the Rochester Public
Library. Harris. incidentally. organized the
first collection of books for the library.
Typical of Harris' descriptive style is
Ihe following passage:
"One hundred years ago the present sile
of Rochester was a wilderness. Here. nmure
reigned supreme in the majesty of solitude.
and the changeful hand of approaching civi
lizmion had not yet marred Ihe beauties nor
altered the nalural features of the landscape.
"From ils mountain sources. on ils way
down to meel and mingle with the blue
waters of the great Lake Ontario. came the
beautiful Shen-e-se-ho (the pleasanl valley).
the ri\'er of the Senecas winding in and OUI
around sharp comers of rock. sweeping ingreat folds and curves like the trail of a
mighty serpenl. gliding sl110lJUily alongthrough the plain and by-Ihe side of 10swamps. rushing. roaring. and lumbling
Ihrough deep gorges over huge boulders and
high precipices. CUlling a broad channel in
the rock foundations of the earth. its strong
current.s as yet unfettered by the works of
man. in its ncver-.ceasingjoumcy through
the wilds.
The wriling skills of George Harris
were exemplary. William H. Samson. edilor
of a local newspaper and president of the
Rochester Hislorical Society. said. '1"hose
chapters of his concerning the history ofRochesler will have a place in literature aslong as the English language is read:'
'"To Ihe river's verdure-trimmed banks
and sandy shallows. lhe timid deer came to
drink. On its restless bosom. flocks of wild
fowl flomed undisturbed. From hiding places
in the tangled thicket on the shore, the dis
mal howl of the wolf. the sullen growl oflhe
bear. and the scream of the panther were
heard. Through the narrow trails leading
back into the deep recesses of the woods. lhe
fleet-footed Indian pursued his course in
search of game and bore his message of
peace or war 10 the neighboring tribes, High
up in the heavens the giant monarchs of lhe
foresl reared their heads, writhed and
elashed their mighty arms in fierce storms.
while o\'er allihe varied sounds of munnur
ing waters, cries of wild beaslS and other
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01/ the Civil War tollr lasr Seplember, Belt Mar)'nildi. read a
elilogy to Primle Henry Cltrr. II was rhe sfJeech originally deliv
ered by Chaplain Philo Cook rill Ihis sire ill 1865.
At the graveside service for PrivateCalT. AmlY Chaplain Philo Cook deliveredlhe following eulogy. (The scene was reen
acted by Ben Maryniak at last fall's CivilWar tour of Mount Hope Cemetery onSeptember 16. 2000. That tour was led byFriends trustee Marilyn Nolte and her CivilWar reenactment friends.) That eulogyreads:
"My brothers and sisters, four yearshave passed away since the firsl gun of tren-
lener from the Jackson Sanatorium inDansville addressed 10 Jane Parker. Harriswrote. ''The frightful menial and physicalstrain to which I have been subjected endedin my complete breakdown in November. 1have been an invalid since December I
(1892). The doctors tell me 1 have passedthe danger line and with proper care andrest. they see no reason why I shall notrecover." But he did not recover. He died inOctober 1893 and was buried in MountHope Cemetery.
At his funeral, representatives of themany clubs and societies of which he hadbeen a member formed a line and marchedafter the horse-drawn hearse. The canocclubs provided a noral piece in the shape ofa canoe. Various lodges perfomled appropriate ceremonies. His fire-fighting helmettopped his casket. (He had served as the
elected head of the Rochester Volunteer FireDepartment.) There was an outpouring of
testimony of his service to the community.John Norton said, "His keen intellect. brilliant talents, and untiring industry won ouradmiration, but it was his pure and noble
nature. his generous and unselfish devotionthat gave him so wann a place in all of ourheans. He was always so helpful and full ofenthusiasm. with a mind so active and clearthat it was impossible to realize how slenderwas the hold he had on life. We were fortunateto have known and loved him while he lived,
and in the rich legacy he bequeathed us."
What is his legacy to the community?There are the first 15 chapters he wrote forWilliam F. Peck's semi-centennial history ofRochester. There is a collection of over 200folders of his papers in the Local HistoryDivision of the Rochester Public Library.His many lectures are reprinted in the publication fund series of the Rochester
Historical Society. And there are additionalGeorge H. Harris papers in the Rare BooksSection of the University of RochesterLibrary. His lifelong search for the beginnings of the Rochester community and hisexemplary life will not be forgotten.
(Bill Davis is a Kodak retiree and a
local historian. One day while researchingearly Rochester history at the public library,he saw Stephen Thomas, executive director
emeritus of the Rochester Museum and
Science Center, and expressed his interest inGeorge H. Harris. Thomas pointed out thecomplete collection of Harris papers nearby,and th:tl started Davis on a 20-year search ofHarris' materi:tl - at the Smithsonian
Institution. the New York State Museum, theWheatland Historical Society, the AlleganyHistorical Society, the Buffalo and ErieCounty Historical Society, and the OntarioCounty Historical Society,)
A EULOGYFOR PRIVATEHENRY CLAY CARR
by Union Army Chaplain Philo Cook
Private Henry Clay Carr, w:ts killed at
Perryville on March 2,1865 in theclosing days of the Civil War. He was
lhe onty Union casualty in a bnttle where theConfederates knew thaI defeat was imminent. Private CnlT's body was returned toRochesler in November, 1865. and he was
buried in Section O. Lot 9.
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son summoned us to the defense of our government. In those four years. we have cometo a fresh evaluation of the principles whichour government pretended to represent.There has been work enough and sorrowenough in these years, and gray hairs have
been made more rapidly than usual.
"We have been sternly taught to knowthings we never before suspected, Wc had toquickly revise what we used to believe, Wenow have to count our acquisitions by marksof suffering. New York State can count hergraves by thousands of sons. Sons who took
the field for the common defense. Sons forwhom all the ordinary implements of tradeand labor were welded into n weapon.
"When our state - from Lake Erie to theNew York harbor - cnlJ count its graves by
thousands of sons. there is n unity like I1mtwhich sorrow creates within a house. Thereis a common throb of anguish and pride, acommon prnyer for strength. a common glorying that death cnme in the way of dUlY.
"Every time I henr a father read his
dead son's last leiter, it seems to me as if thesouls of these brave boys had not gone toheaven, but that they have come home.Death said to them, 'Your country must bereinforced,' and these sons hastened to thecall. Their denths deepen our religiousness.Their deaths inflame our patriOlism. Theirdeaths con finn our thoughts with the sincerity which they gained in dying.
'They died in defense of their country!What is more eloquent than the majesticsimplicity of that phrase - 'their country?'
Let not him try to measure the length andbreadth of these words. who thinks of hiscountry only as a place to buy and sell, and
get gnin. Let him not try to sound the depthof these words, whose idea of his country isonly n place where he shall get public office,and honor, and profit. Let him nOt aspire tothe height of the.c;c words, who thinks thatpeace is better than righteousness, safety
better than mnnhood.
"They who endured hardship and dauntlessly met the fiery storm. They who pouredout their blood and lay with their white facesupturned to God; they knew - in their lifetime knew - what 'our country' means.
''They. in their graves. tell us that nocoulllry can live withoUllaw and liberty, and
true manhood. Because they saw, in ournational flag, the soul of the Great Republic,with strong hearts and chivalric daring they
plantcd themselves by the Stars and Stripes.and now slccp until the reveille of the resurrection mom,
"Comrades and citizens, you havewalked by many gravestones on your wayhere today. Better than my words do the
things of this day speak. Hear them. In truth,everyone here today has been brought by a
voice that softly calls to you from thesolemn trees which surround us. A voice thatcomes from the many battlefields that borderthe Potomac, the Rappahannock. and theAppomaltox rivers. A voice that comes fromAntietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and
We have been sternly taught to
know things we never be/ore
suspected, We had to quickly
revise what we llsed to believe.
the Shenandoah Valley. A vOIce that asks akind recognition for those who sleep in asoldier's grave, Theirs are the holy rites ofcommemoration that we celebrate today,
'Think of all that the remains of thisboy have pased through, Picture in yourmind all that happened to them since the stal
wan and beautiful frame to which theybelonged left his peaceful home for the campand the battlefield. Benten up and down by
all the storms of war, carried back and fonhby the changeful movement of the anny,blackened by the sun and bleached by thefrost. Exposed to all the mutations of theweather, pinched with hunger, stiffened withcold. drenched with rain. hardened by toil.sleeping on the ground. begrimed by smokeand powder. a target for saber cut and forrifle ball, shot down in battle, buried. with noshroud but his coat. In hostile soil, liftedfrom the ground and brought here at last.
"His return home was a long time coming. But he is here at last. And we are here,honored by the presence of his remains. This
body tells a touching and solemn story oftoil, fatigue, suffering, peril. and death, Butit also speaks of patience, fortitude, bravery,and cheerfulness. It also manifests the devotion of a generous, pure, and earnest hean.
"I cannot utter words of common con
solation here, Certainly. there is the thoughtof the infinite God, just and loving, There is
the vision of a kind and tender Providence.A Providence which allows nothing to bewnsted. A Providence which picks up the
fragments of our broken existence, aProvidence which ties together the loosethreads of our activity. a Providence whichmakes good the imperfection of our labor. aProvidence which pennits no good hope tofail.
'There is the thought of a vast hereafter
where every life shall be made complete,
But these consolations are open to all peoplein ordinary times. In the case of TrooperCarr. there are more consolations. There isthe sympathy of a great multitude of noblemourners. There is the tender respect andlove of strangers. There is the recognition of
a country.
"The memory of such a career, of such
a character. is - alone - consolation sufficientfor more than ordinary grief. What greatercomfort could there be for a mother than tohave had such a son? To be recogni7..ed andhonored as the mother of such? To live in
his reflected light and glory?
"Killed in battle for the Union! No
prouder epitaph need any man want. Do youknow what that means? It means, died thatthe best government under the sun might notbe bound and powerless, It means, died forthe land's salvation. Died for the opening of
the prison doors to them that are unjustlybound. Died to proclaim the day ofvengeance of our God to the oppressednations of the eanh. Died that men mightstill hope and struggle upward to life andliberty, civil and religious. 1l means, diedthat God's kingdom might come. that hiswill might be done on earth as it is in heaven. Mourn not, my friends, for the departureof such a son, brother, companion, friend.
"If the death of such a one is a highprice to pay for victory. consider the higher
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The he(Jdstone ofCharles D. Howell, who fl!ll at Ihl! Ballll!
of Frel/ricksburg ill /862, is locatell ill Sl!clion IV. WI 9.
Photograph by Frank A. GiIIl!Jpie.
estimate to be placed on the governmentwhose stability. and the country whose
existence· was secured by that victory.Think how much it has done to increase
your faith in God to know that he cares for
our nation.
..It is sad to sec: young manhood laid
low in its bloom. laid low by that barbarian.
war. pushed on by his more loathsome
brother. slavery.
"But I have said too much. I have bro
ken the sacred silence too long. I should
have allowed Henry Clay Carr to speak
more. H3d he been able to speak. he wouldhave rebuked us for praising what he did in
the sincerity of his heart. because he could
not help it.
"Let us lay what is left of his poor
body in the ground. Let us think of him as
living and working on. In the future time.
when sweet peace shall come back to us. hewill live in the pure sentiments he has aided
in strengthening. He will work in the noble
institutions he has died to esmblish.
"No. Brother Carr. we will not falter.
While the memory of your life holds a place
in our heans. we will be lIUe to our country
and true to our God.
"And now. we ask God's blessing on
this grave. Bless it. oh God. and all the other
boys who rest here at Mount Hope. Bless
the parents who bid their sons do brave
deeds. Bless the wives who weep for hus
bands who will never come back again.
Bless the children whose heritage is their
fallen father'S heroic name. But chiefly. oh
God. bless this stone in honor of Private
Henry Clay Carr. In honor of a man who
counted not his life dear when his country
needed him.
"A grander monument has not been
chiseled in stone at this gathering today. Itcertifies that our living labored and our dead
died not in vain. This afternoon we proclaim
and certify to the world that they fought a
good fight and kept their faith in those daysgone by. whose deeds we celebrate:'
DEATH OF A SOLDIERCHARLES D. HOWELL(d. 1862)
by Call!b Ford
On December 13. 1862. a young 18year-old soldier was pan of a series
of futile frontal assaults against an
entrenched Confederate anny in the city of
Fredricksburg.
Virginia. The
Fredricksburg
campaign. led
by Major
General
Ambrose
Burnside,aimed to cap
ture this area.
which would
be vital to any
assault on theConfederate
capital of
Richmond.
General RobertE. lee. antici
pating the
attack. established positions
high above
where the
Union annywas coming
from. This was
the situation
young Charles
D. Howell facedas he was part of
wave after wave
of soldiers thrown
at the rebels,
leaving over 13,000 of the 100.000 Union
soldiers wounded or killed.
During the attack. Howell look shrapnel in the thigh. After being removed from
the battle. he was taken to the 5th anny
corps hospital near Falmouth. 1bere. he was
treated for his wounds, however. due to his
injury he contraeled lockjaw. He died 9 days
after the baule on December 22. He was 18
years. I month. and 22 days old.
Charles Howell was a resident of
Anson Park in Rochester. where he lived
with his parents. He had joined the 100th
Regiment of the New Yorl: State Volunteers
in August of the year of his death. 1berewas no clear evidence that Howell had participated in any battles prior to the Baule ofFredricksburg. Howe,·er. the Army of the
Potomac. of which the 100th YS
VoluntCCfS were a pan. had seen heavyaction in those months. Yet even when not
in combat. lifestill revolved
around the bat
de. Often. dayswould start at 5
3.m. for a quick
breakfast and
then drill ses·
sions to learn
how to shoot
guns and per
fonn various
maneuvers. Itwas not uncom
mon to have
five drill ses
sions in a singleday. The gruel.
ing worl: andhorrible condi
tions. mixedwith boredom
and extreme
homesickness.
made it a truly
hard experience
for all of the
soldiers.
Still. no
maller how
hard it was for
the Union soldiers. the parents of Charles
Howell had it worse. WheDCver a parent is
faced with the tragedy of outliving a child.
one must wonder how they deal with their
grief, It must have been especially hard in
this case. because their child died hundreds
of miles away. and by the time they heard of
the injury he suffered on December 13.Howell was already dead. Perhaps they
found solace in the fact that Charles had
died fighting for the Union and defendingthe ideals of the Union. The first evidence
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The massil'e. An Deco Cooll monumem I1.'QS e~oted by Tiflan)' Studios. New York City. II
requi~d a specially built railroad car to corl)' Ihe huge. heovy Slooe to Rochester. See it
and /110/1)' olher grand /IIen/oriah 011 Ihe MiIIiO/loi~s and £nt~prenelfrsTour - a /lew
f(mr i/llroduCt'd 0/1 JUlie 2. Photagrtlph by Fm/lk A. Gillespie.
that points to this conclusion is Charlcs'gravestone itself. It is simple and reads:
CharleJ D. HOI1.·dl
108 Regiment N. Y.S. VolS
Who fell wOIlIlded at the Jtonlling of
F~driebburg.
Dec. 13. 1862.
Alld died in the 5th dil'iJ;oll
HOJpiwl. Fa/momh. IRe. 22.
Aged 18 yearJ, I nw. & 22 da)'J.
It must be llQ(ed that the most promi·
nent date on the gravestone is not his dUle of
death, but the dUle he fell wounded. Thisspeaks out to say that their child died doinghis duty for the Union.
Thc idca of one's duty to the Union wasa new one. Northerners had to deal with the
massive numbers of husbands. sons. brothers, and neighbors losing their lives. Muchof the time. it was impossible to return thebodies to their homes for proper burials. Theestablished rituals could not be performedwhen the men died in battle. hundreds ofmiles from their 100'ed ones. In his book, The
Sacred Remairu, Gary Ladennan wrole. "Inorder to alleviale the anxieties and grief ofnonhem citizens. religious and politicalleaders and much of the popular mediaimaginatively transfonned the destruction oflife into something heroic: their messageinevitably retumed to the sacred life of thenation and the promise of a '£000 death' inthe ser:ice of the Union:'
The second piece of evidence is the epi
taph written alons the bottom of the stone. Itis a poetic verse. which reads much likesome Civil War hymns of the time. It reads:
o shroud him in a nag of stars.Beneath whose folds he won his scars.Through which his spirit ned.From glory here to glory then.
From the parents point of view, this
"crsc may be: saying 10 wrap their child inthe American nag for which he died. andthat the glory he earned on the day of hisdeath will be remembered and he will beacclaimed in heaven. Charles Howell diedfor a cause and people will not forget hissacrifice.
Douglas J. Davies states in Dearh.
Riwaf. lll1d Belief "Death rites do entertain
hope as an imponant human allribUie helping to drive communities forward by providing an optimism for life." Perhaps the parents found consolation in this gravestone.because it celebrated what Howell had
accomplished in life. This is along similarlines to a point Jay Lifton made in n,e
Broken COIlf/eelioll: 0,1 Oem" (lnd Ihe
COII/illl/if)' ofUfe. He speaks of five generalmodes of the sense of immortality: the biological. the theological. the creative. the natural. and the special mode of experientialtranscendence. This stone shows a strong
reliance on the creative sense of immortality.for Charles is living on through his innuence
on other people and what he did for the &000
of lhis nalion during his short time on earth.
Even now. alll'lOSt 140 years later. pe0
ple continue to find solace in this stone of a
fallen soldier. The grave is still tended. and anew American nag has recently been placedin the ground next to it. We. as Americans.revere those fallen in baltIc. thus guaranteeing their symbolic immonality.
Charles D. Howell led a shon. butevemfullife. As his obituary in theRochester UniO/l (llId Adl'eniser said. "Hewas an eslimable young soldier. and the captain of his company bean testimony 10 his
bra'"ery and goOO cOnduCI."
(Caleb Ford is a Sludent at the
Uni\'ersity of Rochester. He prepared this
essay as a requiremem for Prof. EmilHomerin's course, Speaking SIOnes,Religion 167.)
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7. Machines must always keep tothe right of the road.8. Automobiles must always be driven so as not to give off smoke orto drop oil. nor shall mufflers be
opened while within the cemetery.9. When the machine stops. the
engine must be stopped.10. Automobiles shall not be fUmed
around on the avenues.II. Roads posted "One-Way Road"
must only be used as such.12. Automobile funerals shall enter
the cemetery only at main gatesnear the office, and after entering
the grounds. shall be subject to thedirection of the superintendent orhis assistants.13. Motorists must not use roads
posted "Not for Automobiles."
In 1920. just 2 1/2 years later, plansdrawn up by the city engineer includedrepairs to and extension of the existing roadsystem in the cemetery. The road repairs andresurfacing with biturninous compositionand extensions to the water distribution system cost the city approximately $350,000.
The change from horse-drawn to motorvehicles had worked havoc with the roads inthe cemetery. Heavily loaded limousines andhearses ripped up and rutted the dirt thoroughfares so that their use in some sectionswas found impossible. It was reponed that
cemetery officials had to keep two teams ofhorses in readiness at all times to pull thefrequently mired automobiles from the mud.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Do you walll to gel out of the
hOlI.~e (lild spelul a SU/lday after-
110011 ill a panicularly IJleasalIt
place? May we suggesl that you
ValUllleer to be a receptionisl for
our Sunday lOurs on a couple or
more SU/ldays this sumlller. II:S-
easy dilly. and you'f!meel (I lor of
/lice people. GiI'e it it Iry. Call
JoAnll Belle-Isle ar 436-295/ or
send an e-mail to
jomlll@/lcwcc.l1et. /1 will change
your life.
THE FRIENDS OF MT. HOPE CEMETERY
791 MT. HOPE AVE.ROCHESTER, NY 14620-2752
Non-Profit Org.U.S.Postage
PAIDRochester, NYPermit No. 150