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This is a great park. Lots of things to see. There is more than one gazebo.
[Dan Mason, 10/10/2016]Rod Serling "Walking Distance" Plaque:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 103 Laurel Ave., Binghamton, NY
- Directions:
- On the west side of town in Recreation Park, in the center of the small columned bandstand just north of the larger enclosed carousel.
Another landmark on the Twilight Zone Trail stands in a gazebo and honors "Walking Distance," a Twilight Zone episode set in a very similar park. The nearby indoor carousel is painted with scenes from Twilight Zone episodes.
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- Binghamton, New York - Binghamton Sidewalk of Stars
Walk atop Binghamton's celebrities, many who left here to become famous.
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- Directions:
- Downtown. On the north side of Court St./US 11 between Water and State Sts. The sidewalk heads north to the entrance to Metrocenter.
- Status:
- Gone
- Binghamton, New York - Grave of John Wilkes Booth's Dubious Daughter
The inscription on the tombstone of Ogarita Booth Henderson proclaims she was the daughter of Izola Mills and John Wilkes Booth. After the Lincoln assassin's death, twenty women wrote Edwin Booth claiming to be his brother's secret widow. Edwin dismissed all of the claims out-of-hand. He was dismayed years later when his sister Rosalie was convinced by a woman named Izola Mills that John had fathered her daughter Ogarita in 1859. Rosalie Booth gave some $10,000 to Mills, according to Edwin.
It is unknown whether Ogarita Henderson truly believed that Booth was her father, or if she conspired with her mother for money. But as evidenced by contemporaneous newspaper mentions, her claims brought some attention to her career as a stage actress -- the same occupation held by John Wilkes Booth. Henderson died of pneumonia in 1892 while with a traveling acting troupe in Binghamton, New York, and she was buried there in Glenwood Cemetery. Her gravestone proclaiming the John Wilkes Booth connection came much later -- placed by her descendants in 1972.
[Kurt Deion / kurtshistoricsites.com, 04/13/2021]Grave of John Wilkes Booth's Dubious Daughter:- Address:
- Twining St., Binghamton, NY
- Directions:
- Glenwood Cemetery. NY-17/Southern Tier Expy exit 71 or 71S. Drive south on Airport Rd to the first stoplight. Turn left onto Prospect St. At the first stoplight turn left onto Glenwood Ave. Drive under the overpass, then immediately turn right onto True Ave. Make the first left onto Twining St., then a quick right. You'll see the cemetery on the left. The Booth gravestone is along this south cemetery edge, a couple of rows in, back by the green-roofed building; a square, upright gray stone.
Beautiful mural of Rod Serling, creator of TV series The Twilight Zone, in his beloved hometown of Binghamton. Located behind The Bundy Museum of History and Art, in front of the building that houses the Serling Archives.
[Shelley Young, 09/19/2023]Rod Serling Twilight Zone Mural:- Address:
- 32 Cedar St., Binghamton, NY
- Directions:
- Downtown. From NY-17C/Main St. turn south (no stoplight) onto Cedar St., then make a quick left into the small parking lot. The mural is on an outside wall not visible from the street.
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