This is a re-post from March 2019. I needed to update. I didn’t have any watermarks on my work. Part two will be later. ~Vic
Flower garden along the loop. Images from March 12, 2019That was a big tree.Entry bridge.Tiny Dunnagan CemeteryCatharine Link Dunnagan
03-07-1826 to 01-06-1914Sun setting over the Eno River.I had to climb over that rock formation to the right.
We were on a two-mile hike.
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October 21, 2023 at 5:40 PM
Most of the really old cemeteries are on the East Coast. In this area, UNC Chapel Hill has had student archaeologists digging in the area of the Native American sites. Natives didn’t use headstones. And, of course, my state is the one with the Lost Colony/Croatoan carved into the tree. On the flip side, there might be some really old cemeteries up in Alaska. I mean, we did purchase it from Russia and there are remnants of Russian/Siberian explorers.
Lulu: “Our Dada says they used to occasionally explore old cemeteries out in the woods or on back trails back in New York! Apparently the ones here in California don’t go back quite that far …”
Parts look like the Blair Witch Project…in the dark areas.
Cool cemetery…if any are “cool”… but I’ve ran into a few in the middle of the woods. One of them from the 1800s…with an old old metal cable sticking out of the ground… which probably lowered the casket if I guess right.
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October 21, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Oh! So pretty! Your cemeteries are much, much, much older than ours. It is fun to read the stones
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October 21, 2023 at 5:40 PM
Most of the really old cemeteries are on the East Coast. In this area, UNC Chapel Hill has had student archaeologists digging in the area of the Native American sites. Natives didn’t use headstones. And, of course, my state is the one with the Lost Colony/Croatoan carved into the tree. On the flip side, there might be some really old cemeteries up in Alaska. I mean, we did purchase it from Russia and there are remnants of Russian/Siberian explorers.
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October 23, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Lulu: “Our Dada says they used to occasionally explore old cemeteries out in the woods or on back trails back in New York! Apparently the ones here in California don’t go back quite that far …”
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October 23, 2023 at 11:29 AM
Your Dada is right. Older cemeteries are on the East Coast. Native American graves are everywhere but, most aren’t marked, unless buried by others.
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October 25, 2023 at 6:19 PM
Parts look like the Blair Witch Project…in the dark areas.
Cool cemetery…if any are “cool”… but I’ve ran into a few in the middle of the woods. One of them from the 1800s…with an old old metal cable sticking out of the ground… which probably lowered the casket if I guess right.
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October 26, 2023 at 12:31 AM
I find old cemeteries fascinating and creepy, all at the same time.
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October 26, 2023 at 9:13 AM
It’s cool discovering them…especially those in the middle of nowhere.
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October 26, 2023 at 6:13 PM
I agree.
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October 26, 2023 at 4:25 PM
I love that downed tree and that small wooden bridge brings me back to our local running trails.
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October 26, 2023 at 6:36 PM
I like to photograph unique things, in nature and in urban settings.
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December 15, 2023 at 9:46 PM
How lovely and peaceful!
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December 16, 2023 at 12:19 AM
We are surrounded by Duke University walking trails. We are on the “Mountains to the Sea” trail. There are so many neat places to go.
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