Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Tombstone Tuesday



I could not read the dates myself on this.A transcription on Findagrave list the last name as Wade on both markers and a date of 1879 born and died ,Tena Wade,on the only legible one to them.This was in the Sloughhouse Pioneer Cemetery,Sloughhouse CA.I would say a third or more of the legible stones in this cemetery are for children.Very interesting place.Crazed commuters,tourists and logging trucks zipping by on a two lane road a few hundred yards to one side.On the other side farm land,cattle lowing in the fields, a farm cat running down the dirt road with a gopher in his mouth, a huge Swallowtail butterfly drifting by my head several times as I took photos.Pyramid Peak and the Sierras vanishing in the heat haze to the east as the temp. crept towards a hundred plus.Past and present together.Summer in the valley.

1 comment:

Joe Dallmann said...

Awesome...another one I need to visit. I'm going to try and make it up near Auburn soon too. So many cemeteries. Lately I've been interested in Native American burial grounds in my area. So many have been built over. I'm trying to locate some of those spots...