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Falls of Ohio,
Devonian.
Arrived at Jeffersonville, Ind.
from Cincinnati Aug 29-1904 at
5:35 P.M.
After supper spent the evening
at the home of Victor & Lyon.
The Knapps collection was pur-
chased by Mr. Borden but before
it was taken out of Dr. Knapps
house S.K. Greene was asked to
put the collection in shape. The
Latter is known to have taken many
specimens and especially crinoids.
Sydney Lyon the father of
Victor Jr. Lyon was a self educated
man having never seen the inside
of a school, had a very long mem-
ory and is said to have written any
dictum of a book after the second
reading, could make a map.