This Day in History: 1837-04-03

Nature writer John Burroughs was born on this day in 1837, in Roxbury, New York. In his 1910 book,  In the Catskills, Burroughs wrote:  “Man made the city, and after he became sufficiently civilized, not afraid of solitude, and knew on what terms to live with nature, God promoted him to life in the country…”