W/NW: Cemeteries

^^^^ Robert , that's quite the find , the motorcyclist graveyard ! Any more info on what is now called "the back story " , being a motorcyclist it's got my curiosity up ? Peter
 
Moto-Uno said:
^^^^ Robert , that's quite the find , the motorcyclist graveyard ! Any more info on what is now called "the back story " , being a motorcyclist it's got my curiosity up ? Peter
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Peter, I no longer live in Oregon, so asking around Noti is not a possibility for the time being. More than once I considered driving back there and asking around at the PO, convenience store, or tavern, but I didn’t.

I do recall that the cemetery is named the Sailor Cemetery, and is listed as a pioneer cemetery. I expected to find sailors, not Harley club memorials! There is a roadside sign directing where to turn in. More info on its location here, just off Highway 126 between Eugene and the coast.

https://roadsidethoughts.com/or/cemeteries/sailor-pioneer-noti-cemetery-xx-lane-profile.htm

I’ll look for my other digital images in my catalog.
 
^^^^ Thanks for getting back to me Robert , strangely coincidental I was through that area 2 years ago on my way to a Moto-Guzzi rally , maybe next time . Peter
 
^^^^^Some lovely images on this page in terms of subject matter. Old cemeteries tend to display so much human caring and honest grief.
The personal jumble of beautiful statuary and writing on the headstones, makes old cemeteries seem like a crowd of different and real people who are still alive somehow.

There is an unfortunate trend, in this country at least, for some cemeteries to disallow any kind of above ground marker except flat ground level stones, simply so that groundskeepers can save time by hurriedly running large mowers over everything. Nothing says “We don’t care” quite as definitively as that.
 
OK, I got the memo that "cemetery" photos should not include people.

The town of St. Joseph became the largest community in Florida in its six year existence. The Florida state constitution, declaring Florida a state was signed there. In 1841 a ship carrying yellow fever docked there. Most of the residents quickly died of yellow fever while those few remaining fled. Several years later a massive hurricane destroyed most of the unoccupied buildings. This cemetery, known as the "yellow fever cemetery" is all that remains of the town of St. Joseph.

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