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| Longfellow |
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| Mary Baker Eddy looking out over Halcyon Lake |
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| Consecration Dell |
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| hints of Pere-Lachaise in Paris |
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Mount Auburn, the first Garden Cemetery in the United States 1831
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
King brothers in Whitneyville Cemetery - Kent County, Michigan
The King brothers are buried at the top of the hill in Whitneyville Cemetery. Alvin served in the 6th Michigan Infantry, Hiram in the 5th Michigan Infantry and Myron in the 3rd Michigan Infantry.
On Tuesday morning, November 28, 1893, Myron shot and killed his estranged wife and then shot himself. He was originally buried -- or at least his marker was arranged in line with his older brothers. By 2015, however, Myron's marker had changed position considerably; he was moved to a position that was almost outside of the cemetery.
On Tuesday morning, November 28, 1893, Myron shot and killed his estranged wife and then shot himself. He was originally buried -- or at least his marker was arranged in line with his older brothers. By 2015, however, Myron's marker had changed position considerably; he was moved to a position that was almost outside of the cemetery.
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| Alvin King |
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| that's Myron's marker to the left in the undergrowth |
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Cascade Cemetery - then and now
The grave of Thomas Henfry, former member of the 3rd Michigan Infantry who died at his home in Cascade in 1867. First image taken c. 1993, the second 2015.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Graceland Cemetery in Chicago
Located on the north side of Chicago between Clark Street and Irving Park Road, Graceland Cemetery is one of America's finest garden cemeteries.
Created in 1860 on 80 acres of land in what was then Lake View, Illinois, two miles outside the city of Chicago, it now encompasses 119 acres of winding streets, lush gardens and incredible monuments to some of the city's most illustrious individuals: Cyrus McCormick, Martin Ryerson, Potter Palmer, George Pullman, Alan Pinkerton, architects Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham (the latter entombed on his own island in the cemetery), William Kimball (of piano fame), and Philip Armour (meatpacker extraordinaire) are just a few of the fantastic stories that quietly bide their time waiting for you to visit.
The one entrance is right at the corner of Clark Street and Irving Park Road. Signage in the cemetery is virtually non-existent and what "street" signs do exist are confusingly laid out. I suggest stopping at the office for a guide map or downloading a copy of the handy map and brochure that at least identifies the location of the major monuments.
Created in 1860 on 80 acres of land in what was then Lake View, Illinois, two miles outside the city of Chicago, it now encompasses 119 acres of winding streets, lush gardens and incredible monuments to some of the city's most illustrious individuals: Cyrus McCormick, Martin Ryerson, Potter Palmer, George Pullman, Alan Pinkerton, architects Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham (the latter entombed on his own island in the cemetery), William Kimball (of piano fame), and Philip Armour (meatpacker extraordinaire) are just a few of the fantastic stories that quietly bide their time waiting for you to visit.
The one entrance is right at the corner of Clark Street and Irving Park Road. Signage in the cemetery is virtually non-existent and what "street" signs do exist are confusingly laid out. I suggest stopping at the office for a guide map or downloading a copy of the handy map and brochure that at least identifies the location of the major monuments.
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| Dexter Graves |
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| Azarian Palmer |
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| Allan Pinkerton |
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| Timothy Webster |
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| Kate Warne, first female detective in the United States |
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Pinkerton Employee Memorial |
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| Hoyt |
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| Hoyt |
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| Peter Schoenhofen |
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| Martin Ryerson |
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| George Pullman |
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| William Kimball |
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| Louis Sullivan |
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| Goodman family |
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| Potter Palmer |
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| Edith Rockefeller McCormick |
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| Gary-Lyon |
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| bridge to Burnham Island |
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| Philippe, Susan and Marie |
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| Marie |
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| Getty |
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| Potter Palmer from across the lake |
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| Burnham Island |
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| Fisher |
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| Potter Palmer |
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| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
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| Bruce Goff |
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| Goodman family from across the lake |
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| Ruth Page |
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| Cyrus McCormick family |
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| Marshall Field family |
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| Otto |
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| Gloor family |
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| Walter-Willard-Wooster |
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| Inez Clarke |
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| Wheeler family |
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| Jones family |
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| Brainerd famly |
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| Emily Sleight Brainerd |
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| Daniel Brainerd |
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| Sanger family |
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| John B. Dickey |
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| Mary Avery |
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| Cramer-Matteson |
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| Tuttle |
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| Victor Lawson |
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| Hutchinson |
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| Mosset family |
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