[polecatjoe]

Here are a few I have: My great-grandparents, buried at Fort Lawton in Seattle (Discovery Park).

Harry Beckett's headstone

Rebecca Beckett's headstone

My g-g-grandmother, in Berrien County, Michigan:

Keziah Mell stone

[mike]

Pig War casualties. None from hostile fire.

Palouse.

My wife's family plot in Paisley, OR

Local cemetery

[Damian]

Its Francis ya dork.

[Quark]

Isn't that what I've been saying?

[Riverside Laker]

The Everett cemetary has Amos Gunn and his wife Persis.

[Ski]

Vicksburg Cemetery

Trosper Cemetery

Tahoma National Cemetery - Tacoma Wa

Salem Pioneer Cemetery - Salem Or

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

Beata Ohls Tombstone - Finland

Agency Valley Cemetary - Levi Scott Grave

Agency Valley Cemetary - Levi W. Scott Grave

Agency Valley Cemetary

Agency Valley Cemetary - Levi Scott Grave

Agency Valley Cemetary

Agency Valley Cemetary

Agency Valley Cemetary

Agency Valley Cemetary

Agency Valley Cemetary

Agency Valley Cemetary - Levi Scott Grave

Agency Valley Cemetary

Agency Valley Cemetary - Levi Scott Grave

Agency Valley Cemetery

Agency Valley Cemetary

Agency Valley Cemetary

Agency Valley Cemetary

Levi Scott is buried in the Agency Valley Cemetery, Malheur County, Oregon. Malheur means "bad hour". The Agency Valley Cemetery is north of Beulah Reservoir, 15 miles north of Juntura (about 75 miles east and north of Vale) This cemetery started in 1883, is 1/4 of an acre, and contains among others, Levi Scott of Applegate Trail fame. Scott's sons are also in the cemetery. The cemetery is overgrown with sage. It sits in a beautiful place up on a knoll overlooking the Agency Valley. Nearest motel is in Burns (70 miles west on Hwy-20).

Ora Belle Grave - Children - Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

Ora Belle Grave - Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

Mollie Long & James Kirk - Headstone - Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

Michael Steck Magdalene - Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

Michael Steck headstone - Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

Michael Magdalene Wolf - stone - Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

Meno Steck headstone - Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

Margaret Kirk headstone

Marcus Steck headstone

Magdalene Steck headstone - Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

Josie Ethel Lynch headstone

John Lynch headstone

James Robert Kirk at grave Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

James Kirk & Mollie Long headstone - Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

Capt. George & Emily Steck headstone - Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

Capt. George & Emily Steck at Ora Belle grave - Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

JDK monument Smith Family Cemetary Rockport Mo.

inscription reads: "be still sad heart and cease repining, behind the clouds is the sun still shining" ( from Longfellow's "The Rainy Day" ) The sculpture was executed by Larry Anderson of Tacoma The Smith Cemetery is in Clay Township, Atchison County (about 2 miles north of Rockport). It is named for settler Cornelius Schmidt, who donated the land. The cemetery is well maintained.

nancy-(nan)-&-calvin-(cad)-&-james-(jimmie)-cannon-&-james-lacy-kirk

Ora Belle Steck memorial card

john-dewitt-kirk&ora-belle-steck-wedding-feb-08-1899

captain-george-steck-family-1891

Levi Scott

info here

[Malachai Constant]

prefrance 167

This one still has the biggest impact on me

[Quark]

Fabulous stuff, folks. Mike I especially like "Palouse." I don't think I'd mind being planted amongst some sagebrush. Or to listen to the sound of the ocean perpetually like the folks planted at Oysterville and Long Beach. Interesting read, ski. I love this kind of stuff. It's nice that after folks die, people still pay attention to 'em, even if it's to admire their headstone. The photo I took of Ed Loomis' stone showcases the love folks had for him. I remember telling him, as I took the photo, "you made out like a bandit, dude." Ole Ed Loomis has an gorgeous stone.

[Mount Logan]

Isaac Ebey's grave; Coupeville

Ironic name; Coupeville

Headstone gobbled up by tree; Peter Saar Pioneer Cemetery in Kent

JFK's tomb

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

[Quark]

I went to the Pioneer Cemetery at Coulee City yesterday. It's unkept, and choked with grass, greasewood and sagebrush. Looks like there are about a dozen stones; there may be more interred under the weeds, but I didn't discover the cemetery til late in the afternoon & didn't spend a lot of time. I noted the name McEntee on the obelisk; it's the name of a street in Coulee City; apparently a forefather. Strange the town let's the burial site grow weedy. Maybe the guy was a jerk or sumpin'. Most of the stones were children, one who lived exactly one year. It's plaintive to see progress in the background of a cemetery. Time stopped for them, but behind them is traffic on US 2, modern silos, power lines. The sandstone markers are as clear as the day they were cut. They're placed facing away from the wind. Several were intricately carved. I got a nice shot of a lamb from one child's stone - the stone is over a hundred years old and you can still see the carved eyeball on the lamb's face. I was surprised to see stones so old there. I didn't know anyone lived in the area that long ago. I wondered who they were, what they did, what they thought of their lives in that then starve-acre place. I thought of Tess Durbeyfield in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urberville's as she pounded on a family vault and lameneted, "why am I on the wrong side of this stone!" I wonder how often women back then in Coulee City murmured those words.

Cemetery at Coulee City Founding father

Cemetery at Coulee City no name markers

Cemetery at Coulee City - Mamie's headstone detail

Cemetery at Coulee City Mamie's headstone detail of detail

[banzaimf]

I've got some film shots of http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/MadingleyUSACemetery.html Madingley in Cambidgeshire, UK. I was Sideboy/Honor Guard for 50 V-E day ceremony. Here's a couple digital shots from Victoria BC.

[Quark]

Nice photos banzaimf! What a beautiful statue, and I love the reflection of the tree on the stone.

[Bryan K]

Lakeview Cemetary Easter '07

LC 001

LC 002

LC 006

LC 008

LC 009

LC 010

[Stones]

Redmond Cemetery - It's pretty close to my office and sometimes I take a good walk at lunchtime with my camera, pickup a latte at Freddy's or Mercury's, and enjoy a little outside time to break up the work day. The gravestones speak volumes leaving more questions. Some so young.

Brothers at Rest

Henry

Johnny

[pequod]

Eklutna Cemetery spirit houses, Eklutna, Alaska