I updated my walks list page. I was able to visit 5 new cemeteries this weekend despite the bitter cold. Good thing I didn't wait one day as we had several inches of snow on the trip home.
Marion Co., KS
Grant Township Cemetery
Douglas Co., KS
Deay Cemetery
Dow Cemetery
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Vinland Cemetery
I'm still working on uploading my photos to the DCW flickr site.
Monday, January 10, 2011
First Grave in Deay Cemetery
Freezing, blowing Kansas wind and temps in the 20's didn't deter me from taking a few [quick] cemetery walks this weekend while out of town.
First grave in the Deay Cemetery: Katherine Deay, wife of George.
First grave in the Deay Cemetery: Katherine Deay, wife of George.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Crosses
I aways look for these crosses when I enter the cemetery from the east in drive one.
I blogged about the one on the right back in 2009
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| Eastside Cemetery |
Left Behind
Juan Diaz - Final
The headstone of Juan Diaz is one of few that dot the section of ground at Eastside Cemetery known as the city ground. This is the original potter's field.
If Juan was a wealthy man why was he buried in the potter's field section? My guess is because he was Mexican. Of the few marked graves in this section most are a mexican name.
The headstone of Juan Diaz is one of few that dot the section of ground at Eastside Cemetery known as the city ground. This is the original potter's field.
If Juan was a wealthy man why was he buried in the potter's field section? My guess is because he was Mexican. Of the few marked graves in this section most are a mexican name.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Too Many Unknowns
John Shore, of Reno County, while engaged in picking up bones in the vicinity of the head of the nine cottonwoods, picked up the skeleton of a man. It was complete with the exception of the skull. The bones were all very large, the hip bone in particular, it measuring near two feet in length. They were piled on the wagon with the others, and all carried away to spread on the impoverished hills of the east. The former occupant of the trauma is supposed to have been an Indian. - Medicine Lodge Mail
The Hutchinson News 2/20/1879
This little article made me sad. The remains of an unknown man sent to an unknown place. Not even buried but tossed to the barren hills with those of animals.
It was common in the early days of this area for people to collect buffalo bones. In an article from 1873 they were sold for $3 a ton and shipped east where they were ground into bone phosphates.
The Hutchinson News 2/20/1879
This little article made me sad. The remains of an unknown man sent to an unknown place. Not even buried but tossed to the barren hills with those of animals.
It was common in the early days of this area for people to collect buffalo bones. In an article from 1873 they were sold for $3 a ton and shipped east where they were ground into bone phosphates.
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