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191 stories matching cemeteri
- The Town Says No to the Dead
In a rare exercise of municipal independence in 1914, Richland voters reject a proposal to take over the local Odd Fellows cemetery, choosing to let the fraternal lodge keep its final resting place.
- Securing Water for 'God's Acre'
The Kennewick Cemetery association wins a victory to keep local greenery alive in the desert.
- The Mystery Grave in Masonic Cemetery
Sexton D.P. Metz discovers a tiny, unmarked grave, reviving memories of a haunting trend of abandoned burials.
- The First Burial at Seattle’s New Hebrew Cemetery
A modest ceremony marks the opening of the Hebrew Orthodox congregation's new cemetery, providing a final resting place for the community.
- Grief and Contention at the Cemetery
A Walla Walla priest and a mourning brother clashed at the graveside over whether a man who died by suicide could receive a Catholic burial.
- A Newborn Found in a Basket Under a Tacoma Cemetery Bridge
A coroner's grim morning in 1895: an abandoned infant discovered in Oakland Cemetery, wrapped in a lady's undervest and calico, with no clue to its mother.
- Seattle’s Final Resting Place
How a fraternal order secured a new burial ground for the city's future.
- The Search for a Proper Resting Place
When Seattle officials sought a name for a new city cemetery in 1885, they turned to Makah traditions to find a title befitting the 'land of the hereafter.'
- A Court Fight Over Moving the Dead
Andrew O. Freeborn wants a judge to order the health officer to permit the disinterment of Augusta Schmeig Picht from the Masonic cemetery to another lot.
- The Tragedy of Jerry K.
A young man, struggling with addiction and heartbreak, left a final note and a path to his loved ones after taking his own life in a quiet Seattle cemetery.
- She Came Back to Newport to Rescue Her First Husband's Grave
When Mrs. C. E. Anderson learned that an old Newport burying ground would be platted for building lots, she traveled from New York to move her first husband's remains to the Odd Fellows' cemetery.
- The Cemetery Crisis in Walla Walla
A growing city faces a grim reality as its burial grounds reach capacity and legal disputes stall expansion.
- She Chose Her Sister's Grave
A young woman walks to Lake View Cemetery, asks a laborer to help her find a grave, and then turns a revolver on herself.
- Grand Army of the Republic Seeks Final Resting Place for Veterans
Local veterans launch an effort to move honorably discharged soldiers from 'pauper’s fields' to a proper monument in the Masonic Cemetery.
- The Hunt for Seattle’s Teenage Outlaw
A young robbery suspect leads police on a chase through the woods near Lake View Cemetery.
- The Living Burial: A Near-Tragedy in Seattle
A young man, declared dead from fever, was found alive inside his coffin when family members prepared to move his remains to the cemetery.
- The Stranger in His Own Hometown
After four decades away, Walla Walla's city sexton finds that returning home is a bittersweet encounter with lost time.
- Graves in the Valley
A reflection on the scarcity of white settlements in Snohomish County, marked by the arrival of the first tombstones for a pioneer family.
- The Grave Robbers of Spokane Falls
A quiet cemetery south of town is disturbed by a bizarre act of desecration, leaving a grieving family and a mystified community.
- The Deadly Secret of the Well House
A man posing as a federal agent is found dead in a hidden moonshine still, leaving behind a curious trail of mystery.
- A Final Port of Call
When a lonely sailor died in a local hospital, the Coast Seamen's Union ensured his burial reflected his true brotherhood, not a stranger's fate.
- The Strange Desecration of Timmerman’s Grave
After two years in the earth, the body of an executed murderer was dragged from its resting place and anchored in the river.
- The Sea Gives Up the Dead at Sequim Bay
Storms and high tides tear open an old Native burying ground near Sequim Bay, exposing skeletons — and, reportedly, drawing grave-robbers to the loot buried with the dead.
- The Industrial Kingdom of Port Gamble
In 1872, the Puget Mill Company reigned supreme over a company town that prioritized industrial output and 'refinement'—with a cemetery view to match.
- The Final Tribute to a Pioneer Missionary
Seattle mourns Rev. Cushing Eells, the missionary and educator who helped secure the Washington Territory for America, as he is laid to rest at Lake View Cemetery.