Reading Time: 6 minutes Darius Flinders was an 11-year-old boy who was growing up in Ogden shortly after the turn of the 20th century. He lived with his parents in a small house just…
Posthumous Profiles
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Reading Time: 3 minutes On March 7, 1905 a group of little more than 60 people had gathered in the Granger Meeting House for the weekly meeting of the Mutual Improvement Association. The meeting…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes While photographing the mausoleums in Mount Olivet Cemetery, I noticed that the Clement mausoleum only seems to have one inhabitant. While there is room six, only a single person appears…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Wandering through the Salt Lake City cemetery one day I came upon the headstone of Lester F. Wire. It’s not unusually ornate or otherwise eye-catching, except for the epitaph. Lester…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Today’s Posthumous Profile features Witcher Jones. What a name, right? I really wanted to know more about this man with the unusual name, so I started researching his life. Witcher…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes It goes without saying that Hollywood Forever is simply one of the coolest cemeteries. From the famous people buried there to the amazing monuments, it’s a must visit on any Tombstone Tourist’s…