Old Cemetery?

[Zogman]

My dad's Mother and Father are buried in an semi abandoned cemetery. It is about 105 miles North of GF. We try to go up there every 3 weeks. Weed, mow, edging and other fun stuff. The wife even plants flowers every year. Her big question for this year is.
What flowers do the deer NOT like/eat??? I don't have a clue.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Wife plants marigolds around the raised gardens and the deer seem to stay away.

 

[riverview]

105 north of grand forks is 25 miles into canada?

 

[LBrandt]

Wife plants marigolds around the raised gardens and the deer seem to stay away.

Marigolds should be the best to use. I have never had deer bother them. LB

 

[Zogman]

105 north of grand forks is 25 miles into canada?

As the crow flies yes. To the cemetery on a roads Hwy 2, Hwy 32, Hwy 5, Hwy 32, section line road. adds up to 105

 

[Rowdie]

How old are the earliest graves?

 

[Zogman]

How old are the earliest graves?

I believe in the late 1970's. Not 100% sure. There are about 40 graves. Some are not marked.

 

[Rowdie]

You mean 1870's? Or is it not old old?

 

[Davy Crockett]

You must mean in the 1870s if some aren't marked ? That area had the earliest settlers that I know of in ND some old graves from the 1850s in that area.

 

[Davy Crockett]

You mean 1870's? Or is it not old old?

Beat me to it . I wish I could find the picture but there is an old grave marker in a little cemetery that just has the word Indian on the rock. Nobody seems to know anything about it and the old timers are all gone.

 

[Rowdie]

The cemeteries in my area are really old! The catholic cemetery down the street has the soldiers who were killed in the shootout at Sitting Bull's camp.

 

[Pheasant 54]

So I stop by old cemetery's when I am out hunting, and done for the day . it is extremely interesting when you walk through the old ones and look at dates etc. Or roads that have been curved to go around them . The markers are amazing

 

[Zogman]

I may of miss understood. The first graves were in the 1890's. The last ones were in 1970's.
Some never placed any monuments they just let the little brass plaques that had the slide in letters. So the plaques are on the ground with the letters missing falling out.

 

[guywhofishes]

- Lavender: Strong fragrance, drought-tolerant, purple blooms.
- Marigolds: Pungent smell, bright orange/yellow, easy to grow.
- Daffodils: Toxic to deer, yellow/white trumpet-shaped flowers.
- Foxglove: Toxic, tall spikes of tubular pink/purple blooms.
- Salvia: Aromatic, vibrant blue/purple/red spikes.
- Yarrow: Feathery leaves, clusters of white/yellow/pink flowers.
- Lupine: Spiky blooms in various colors, toxic to deer.
- Bee Balm: Minty scent, red/pink/purple tubular flowers.

 

[bucksnbears]

Spending $ on flowers for a long deceased person is crazy.

But I digress.

 

[LBrandt]

Its all about Honor. LB

 

[Rowdie]

So I stop by old cemetery's when I am out hunting, and done for the day . it is extremely interesting when you walk through the old ones and look at dates etc. Or roads that have been curved to go around them . The markers are amazing

St Elizabeth in Wakpala is where my wife's family is resting and we will both be there too someday. The center of the cemetery is very old, and the markers are very interesting. I'll try to take some pictures next time I'm there.

 

[1lessdog]

Back in the Summer of 1976 I worked for a company out of Louisiana relocating cemeteries. The Lonetree Reservoir was going to be made with the McClusky Canal. And had to relocate them as they were going to be underwater. Over the course of the summer we moved upwards of 200 plus Graves. It was quite the job for a kid going into my senior year of high-school. They never did flood the reservoir so the relocating of Graves were a waste of money. There are lots of story's to be told out that summer. Most Graves were from mid 1800's to 1930's.

 

[Shockwave]

A few miles from our farm there's an old tombstone in the ditch next to the gravel road. I can't remember the exact dates on it, but I believe it was a young child in the late 1800's I'll have to look at it again next time I am out there.

 

[Jiffy]

We have an old family graveyard NW of Forbes up in the hills on a prairie trail that’s not particularly unique from any others in that area. I remember as a kid going out there with my grandparents and cleaning it up every once in a while. I haven’t stopped by there in years. It’s probably all grown over. Might need to take a road trip this summer.