The White Plague
In the mid to late 1800s, Rhode Island was known as the “Vampire Capital of America.” Even when germs were recognized, in New England in...
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White Bronze Monuments
Have you ever noticed a bluish-gray cemetery monument? You think “It’s probably granite” but as you get closer, you know it is something else. The...
Fancy D Revealed?
We spend much of our time visiting and working in cemeteries and we like to study and research the early sandstone gravestone carvers that plied...
Cemetery Signage
For ten years, we have explored cemeteries all over New York state. It always saddens us to find an old cemetery without a sign leaving...
Pioneer Cemetery
In the town of Sidney you will find, nestled between the library and the Susquehanna River, a little spot called the Pioneer Cemetery. Tina has...
Wakeman Cemetery
The year is 1808. Eliphalet Wakeman has just signed a deed purchasing 150 acres. The land was part of Lot 61 of the Walton Patent...
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