ivy_walls
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Cemetary Doesn't Give Up Too Many Ghosts
For a couple weeks I have been researching one of my favorite haunts ... Laing Cemetery Park. And, since it's been cold, I haven't had much else to do anyways. I have had luck there finding older farm parts and such, once I found a wheat penny, but not much else. Last week I picked up a book at the Library that mentioned my park and had an actual picture of the cemetery that has long been gone which I thought was very cool !!
Then I found this picture which was taken looking right at the hill I climb to where I thought the cemetery used to be, but I don't think so anymore since the previous picture looks like the cemetery is on flat ground.
Here is a picture I took today showing the hill and to the left, out of the picture, is a McDonald's. The house in the picture must have sat between the the hill and the McDonald's parking lot or there abouts.
As you can tell there is still a good amount of snow on the ground, but it is quickly melting with temps above freezing all day and all night long. Since I just so happened to have my equipment with me in my work truck I decided to go hit the park again. Here is a picture of the park area from last summer - doesn't it make you impatient for warm weather ??
Anyhow here is what I found today. First was a foil lid from an old cold cream jar. I included a hand drawn copy since its hard to read what the actual lid says. Any idea how old
?
Then I found a couple a things by a tree. I don't think they are related to one another, but worth while none the less. I should have put a quarter in there or one of the new one dollar coins to reference the size.
And last but not least my first coin of the new THAW (and the only coin so far) a 1956 D Lincoln Wheatie !!
Thanks for lookin and if you're bored I have moved my web site to a new location and made some improvements .... check it out if you want !!
Mark (A.K.A. ivy_walls)
For a couple weeks I have been researching one of my favorite haunts ... Laing Cemetery Park. And, since it's been cold, I haven't had much else to do anyways. I have had luck there finding older farm parts and such, once I found a wheat penny, but not much else. Last week I picked up a book at the Library that mentioned my park and had an actual picture of the cemetery that has long been gone which I thought was very cool !!
Then I found this picture which was taken looking right at the hill I climb to where I thought the cemetery used to be, but I don't think so anymore since the previous picture looks like the cemetery is on flat ground.
Here is a picture I took today showing the hill and to the left, out of the picture, is a McDonald's. The house in the picture must have sat between the the hill and the McDonald's parking lot or there abouts.
As you can tell there is still a good amount of snow on the ground, but it is quickly melting with temps above freezing all day and all night long. Since I just so happened to have my equipment with me in my work truck I decided to go hit the park again. Here is a picture of the park area from last summer - doesn't it make you impatient for warm weather ??
Anyhow here is what I found today. First was a foil lid from an old cold cream jar. I included a hand drawn copy since its hard to read what the actual lid says. Any idea how old
?
Then I found a couple a things by a tree. I don't think they are related to one another, but worth while none the less. I should have put a quarter in there or one of the new one dollar coins to reference the size.
And last but not least my first coin of the new THAW (and the only coin so far) a 1956 D Lincoln Wheatie !!
Thanks for lookin and if you're bored I have moved my web site to a new location and made some improvements .... check it out if you want !!
Mark (A.K.A. ivy_walls)
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