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BITS AND PIECES: The little, hidden cemetery along Portage Road
Ann Gasbarre
Many people driving down Portage Road in Wooster today are unaware they’re passing a small, private burial ground that was deeded to President Franklin Pierce and “his successors in office forever . for the use and purpose of a private burying ground.”
Although no U.S. President ever chose to be buried there, many local residents refer to it as the “Presidents’ Cemetery.” Others call it the “Plank Cemetery” . referring to John and Elizabeth Plank who deeded the land to President Pierce and his successors on May 3, 1863.
The Civil War-era deed describes the land as being located in the north-east quarter of Section 34 in Township 16 of Range 13. (It’s on the south side of the road a little west of the bridge spanning the Dix Expressway.)
Navassa Island is a small, uninhabited island located between Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba. Originally acquired for its guano resources, today, Navassa is of no apparent use to the United States. A review of the island’s history and geography suggests several possibilities for Navassa’s future and America’s own interests in this remote territory.
Situated near the southern end of the Windward Passage, uninhabited Navassa Island is two square miles of wind-beaten brush struggling to grow among limestone and long-dead coral. Forty miles from Haiti, 85 from Jamaica, and 130 from Cuba, its waters can be reached by mariners with relative ease. However, Navassa’s abrupt, sharp coral cliffs prevent easy access to its terrain. Today, the only regular visitors are fisherman from Haiti’s southwest coast, who rarely make landfall. Navassa is a harsh and unappealing place. It is also American territory.
How a lame duck president signed Washington Territory’s birth certificate on Inauguration Eve January 20, 2021 at 12:20 pm
President Millard Fillmore was a lameduck when he signed legislation creating Washington Territory on March 2, 1853 two days before Franklin Pierce was inaugurated. (Library of Congress)
It was on March 2, 1853 – two days before the presidential inauguration of Pierce County namesake Franklin Pierce – when lame duck President Millard Fillmore signed the legislation creating the Washington Territory. Pierce was a Democrat; Fillmore was a member of the Whigs, one of the predecessors of the Republican Party.
Dr. Paul Finkelman is the president of Gratz College near Philadelphia. He’s also author of a book about Millard Fillmore published a decade ago. He says the process of Oregon Territory, which was created in 1848, being split up a few years later to create Washington Territory, was “pretty normal.”