Posthumous Profiles

Reading Time: 2 minutes On the 16th of May 1941, l4-year-old Leland W. Oxnam and two of his friends decided to pack lunches and hike to Waterfall Canyon in Ogden. They set out around…

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…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cornelius McLaughlin is buried in one of Utah’s most beautiful cemeteries, Glenwood Cemetery in Park City. Glenwood Cemetery was established in 1885 as a private burial site. Spread out on…

Reading Time: 2 minutes I picked Catharine Westwood for this week’s Posthumous Profile because of the unusual shape of her headstone. Catharine  Caroline Dallin was born on November 6th, 1840 in Ilfracombe, England. Her…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Whenever I come across a headstone that was obviously made for two or more people and the one spot is left blank I always wonder what happened to the other…

Reading Time: 3 minutes This week’s Posthumous Profile is slightly unusual in that it is the grave of Thornburgh the dog.  The story about how this grave came to be is pretty unique. What…