A powerful storm that swept through New York has led to an extraordinary discovery at one of the state's oldest cemeteries. Strong winds uprooted a massive Norway maple tree at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester on June 18, unexpectedly revealing a gravestone that had been hidden beneath soil, roots and debris for more than a century.

A falling tree during high winds last week in Rochester, N.Y., exposed a century-old gravestone buried in the dirt.

A powerful storm that swept through New York has led to an extraordinary discovery at one of the state's oldest cemeteries. Strong winds uprooted a massive Norway maple tree at…