John Burroughs' Birthplace, Roxbury, New York, circa 1918

John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York in the Catskills Mountains. After working as an itinerant teacher and living in Washington, D.C., Burroughs returned to the Catskills and built a home. There, he could visit his birthplace and the surrounding lands where he grew up.