Burbank Woods Preserve
In the 1989 Jack & Helen Burbank drove up Al Jaeger's driveway with a canoe on the roof of their car, asking to take a walk out to the old cemetery on his property. It held members of Dr. Burbank's family, long buried, they told him. Al, always happy to welcome new friends and neighbors to join him for a walk, showed them the way, and then invited them to canoe around the pond.
The friendship they struck up was based around a mutual love of their corner of Deerfield, where Al has lived for several decades and where the Burbank family has owned land for over a century. Jack and Helen became
The friendship they struck up was based around a mutual love of their corner of Deerfield, where Al has lived for several decades and where the Burbank family has owned land for over a century. Jack and Helen became