Passenger Pigeon Memorial - Codorus State Park, Hanover, Pennsylvania
N 39° 47.343 W 076° 54.117
18S E 337145 N 4406074
An unexpected memorial to the demise of the Passenger Pigeon in Codorus State Park near Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WMRWJE
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2016
Views: 5
This monument is found along Marina Drive in Codorus State Park. It is a very short walk away from a small loop parking lot on the way to the Marina.
The plaque reads:
IN THE INTEREST OF THE
PRESERVATION OF WILD LIFE
WE HERE DEDICATE THIS
MEMORIAL TO THE ILL-FATED
PASSENGER PIGEON WHICH
FROM EARLIEST PIONEER DAYS
UNTIL THE 1880's FLOCKED TO
THESE PIGEON HILLS. THIS
MIGRATORY BIRD, NOW EXTINCT
WAS ONCE SO PLENTIFUL ITS
NUMBERS DARKENED THE SKIES.
Dedicated Sunday Oct. 12, 1947
by the Boy Scouts of America
Conewago District of the
York-Adams Area Council.
Redding Memorials
A second plaque reads:
This monument
replaces the original
Boy Scout Memorial
Erected in the Pigeon Hills
in 1947 which was
Destroyed in 1981.
Across Lake Marburg
on the Northern Horizon
lie the Pigeon Hills
Once Inhabited by Thousands
of Passenger Pigeons.
This Memorial was
Rededicated Sept. 12, 1982
Group that erected the marker: BSA Conewago District of the York-Adams Area Council
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Codorus State Park
Marina Road Entrance
Spring Grove, PA USA
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