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graveyard trip to Galveston

Post by Spookymufu » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:53 pm

These are pics of my trip to the historic cemetery in Galveston Texas, most of these are from the 1800 and early 1900's. there are a lot of Confederate soldiers buried here as well.....There are about 4 or 5 sections to the graveyard, one is the Jewish section and there are historic, more modern, etc....

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Inside that same Crypt....
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I found this grave stone the most depressing of all of them that I read, can you tell why?
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Post by OctoberChill » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:17 pm

Beautiful. Love the flowers all over the place. Gives it a surreal feeling.
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Post by Spookymufu » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:24 pm

my wife liked the flowers too, the last time we went there (after these pics were taken) they were all mowed down...
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Post by adrian » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:50 am

the flowers do set it up for a good photo op :) thanks for sharing! i enjoyed the pictures
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Post by Belladonna » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:29 pm

Thanks for posting these, Spooky. Great pics!
This cemetery reminds me of one here called Crown Point.
Very old and lots of statuary.
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Post by Pumpkin_Man » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:06 pm

Those are some very beautiful and unique monuments. It also seems a wide veriety of folks were burried there. You have Jews, Confederate Soldiers, and a whole host of others. I bet the stories in some of those tomb stones would keep us on the edge of our seets.

Could you share a few of them with us? I'm asking, because I might be interested in a Haunted Road Trip down to Galviston.

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Post by Spookymufu » Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:24 pm

well, I only really have the pics, I dont know any details of cemetery, heres a youtube video of it and this information....

"Evergreen Cemetery is in the group of Seven Cemeteries located on Broadway between "Broadway, or Ave J as it is also known" and Ave L, and 40th to 43rd St. Evergreen Cemetery ( Formerly Cahill Cemetery ) is city operated and has 2,522 Graves and consists of 1.8 acres."

and it dates back to early 1800's. There are also ghosts tours of the area...

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Post by MacPhantom » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:37 pm

What are the flowers?
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Post by Spookymufu » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:08 pm

MacPhantom wrote:What are the flowers?
they look like Coreopsis-tinctoria-dwarf
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Post by adrian » Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:28 am

thats a good name for a flower
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Post by Pumpkin_Man » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:18 pm

If memory serves me well, Galviston Island was hit by a major natural disaster (hurican?) years ago. Am I right? If that's the case, maybe there are some stories about the old place.

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Post by MacPhantom » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:27 pm

I've never seen Coreopsis growing wild in abundance around here, although considering the number of different varieties there are, I may not have recognized it. Then again, our winters are probably quite a bit colder than Texas', which probably keeps it from spreading.
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Post by Spookymufu » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:35 pm

Pumpkin_Man wrote: If memory serves me well, Galviston Island was hit by a major natural disaster (hurican?) years ago. Am I right? If that's the case, maybe there are some stories about the old place.

Mike
several actually, the most recent was Ike.....
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Re: graveyard trip to Galveston

Post by Pumpkin_Man » Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:38 am

Tell us about Ike. What's his story?
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Re: graveyard trip to Galveston

Post by adrian » Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:39 am

the hurricane?
Last night 'twas witching Hallowe'en
Dearest; an apple russet- brown
I pared, and thrice above my crown
Whirled the long skin; they watched in keen;
I flung it far; they laughed and cried me shame
Dearest, there lay the letter of your name!
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