Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore

American writer and photographer (1856-1928).

Born October 14th, 1856 in Clinton.

Died November 3rd, 1928 at 72 years old in Geneva.

Occupations
geographer, photographer, writer

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde