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Corniea's involvement in the Natural History Society lasted for decades, it was her foundational role in preserving the Cedar bog: "If only one person could be held responsible for beginning the crusade to save the Cedar Bog, that individual would be Cora Corniea". During the 1930s, 1940s, and
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