Christman Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary

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	Christman Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary
Location	Delanson, New York, USA
Date	1888 to 1931
Street Address	Schoharie Turnpike Walk Score
Notes	America's First Wildlife Sancturay

Contents 1 Images 2 Discussion 3 Maps 4 References 5 External Links

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The Bozenkill in the Christman Sanctuary	The high falls on the Bozenkill	The Helderhills style Lean-to	The Christman Memorial Boulder
Trailside Ferns in the Christman Sanctuary	The Christman Sanctuary Plaque	The Christman Sanctuary Plaque	The Lean-to in the Christman Sanctuary
The Cataracts of the Bozenkill in the Christman Sanctuary	Thanksgiving Breakfast at the Christman Sanctuary	Trail beside the Bozenkill in the Christman Sanctuary	30-Foot Falls on The Bozenkill
Doris Saunders Plant Plaque	Doris Saunders Plant Plaque	A Foot Bridge in the Christman Sanctuary	One of The Trails in the Christman Sanctuary
White-Tailed Deer in the Christman Sanctuary	Frozen Beaver Pond in the Christman Sanctuary

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National Register of Historic Places
Name	Christman Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary
NRHP Area	Duanesburg MRA
ID Number	70000433
NRHP Status	Listed In The National Register
Certification Date	08/25/1970
Level of Significance	Local
NRHP Documents	Text (pdf) ; Photos (pdf)

The Christman Sanctuary, Listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Christman Bird and Wild Life Sanctuary, was formerly part of the Christman Homestead, where William Weaver Christman was born on the Duanesburg farm in 1865. The Sanctuary had its beginning during the Blizzard of March 1888 when W.W. Christman and his wife began a winter bird feeding program on the 105 acre farm, as the Christmans sifted grass and weed seeds from the barn floor chaff and scattered them daily on the deep snow in the sheltered spots in the dooryard. W.W. Christmas was a lover of nature and an admirer of the works of both Walt Whitman and John Burroughs, and he corresponded with both of them. His library included a signed edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Christman was recognized for nature poetry and essays receiving the John Burroughs Memorial Association award for his book Wild Pasture Pine in 1934. During that same year Christman entertained distinguished guest poet Robert Frost and his wife.

A highlight of the Christman Preserve is the Bozenkill, with its thirty-foot waterfall and numerous lesser cataracts, which winds and cascades through the center of the sanctuary before dropping into a deep ravine at the foot of the Heldeburg Escarpment just east of the Sanctuary.

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The pushpins on the map indicate the location of the Christman Preserve trailhead parking area on Schoharie Turnpike in Duanesburg.

[edit] References

• National Register of Historic Places
• Christman Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary Text on New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation Document Imaging for National Register
• Christman Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary Photos on New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation Document Imaging for National Register

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