Ross Gilmore Marvin

Erected by the citizens of Elmira

as a memorial to

Ross Gilmore Marvin

Student - Teacher - Explorere

Born in Elmira, New York

January Twenty Eighth 1880

A member of the Peary Expedition of 1905-06

Scientist to the 1908-09 Peary Polar Expedition

which discovered the North Pole

Lost in the Arctic Ocean April Tenth 1909

Marker is at the intersection of Lake Street and East Church Street, on the right when traveling north on Lake Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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