Wheeler Cemetery
The rain had just stopped as we pulled up to Wheeler Cemetery outside of the tiny town of Kite, Georgia. The grounds contain fewer than 300 known graves, and the carving on the markers is exemplary. We did some digging on the ride back to North Carolina, and we found a few unusual stories attached […]
Cumberland Cemetery
If you come across Parker Field in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, look just behind the visiting team’s bleachers. There you will find historic Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery. For more than 250 years, this tiny burial grounds has given rest to nearly 250 locals. The first known interment was 40-year old Elizabeth Thomas in 1760. The earliest existing grave […]
Old Davis Farm Cemetery
Driving through North Carolina, we stumbled upon a fenced thicket of trees alongside a county road just outside of Sims. It was a curious spot. The copse was oddly out of place, riding the edge of endless fields of harvested crops. We stopped on a chance, and our suspicions paid off. Tucked among the branches […]
