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Traces of Joe Road and the Cornell legacy in Ithaca land
An aged reminiscence recalls Ezra Cornell and the Cornell family in upstate New York. It details Ezra's ventures from patents to Western Union, land speculation, and a planned educational project with Andrew White that culminated in Cornell University. It notes Elijah Cornell’s potter history and lingering traces on Crum Hill and surrounding fields.
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Ithaca
Michigan
Ezra
Albion
Elijah
Washington
Baltimore
Sam ‘Morse
Western Union
Andrew White
Cornell University
Crum Hill
Cornell
Dad
Elijah Cornnell
Upstate
New-York