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Nathaniel Knapp Bear Fight Marker

Chester, NY

Local legend says Nathaniel Knapp killed a bear here around 1750 using only a knife and later asked to be buried at the site. The marker stands at Knapp's View, a public passive park with walking and picnic access, though no confirmed grave marker for Knapp survives.

Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.

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Source: wgpfoundation.org/historic-markers/nathaniel-knapp/

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