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... tombstones in these cemeteries are monuments to those responsible for the growth of our state. Famous or ordinary, each played a role in our present and the future. Other burial sites such as battle memorials are tributes to the ...
... tombstones in these cemeteries are monuments to those responsible for the growth of our state. Famous or ordinary, each played a role in our present and the future. Other burial sites such as battle memorials are tributes to the ...
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... tombstones give the month and date. Block and plot numbers are given if the informa- tion is available and recorded by the cemetery. When exact locations are unknown, it is noted. But I attempt to give a general location. Many of the ...
... tombstones give the month and date. Block and plot numbers are given if the informa- tion is available and recorded by the cemetery. When exact locations are unknown, it is noted. But I attempt to give a general location. Many of the ...
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... tombstone , or monument , or even mausoleum . Family plots may range from a grouping of headstones , to areas with wood or wrought iron fencing , to elaborate stone exedras including a mourner's seat , and intricate carvings ...
... tombstone , or monument , or even mausoleum . Family plots may range from a grouping of headstones , to areas with wood or wrought iron fencing , to elaborate stone exedras including a mourner's seat , and intricate carvings ...
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... tombstone for the policy-holder. Their monuments, in the form of whole or half trees, are common throughout Colorado ... tombstones. Selection of the materials used in these stones indicate what was available in the area, as well as the ...
... tombstone for the policy-holder. Their monuments, in the form of whole or half trees, are common throughout Colorado ... tombstones. Selection of the materials used in these stones indicate what was available in the area, as well as the ...
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... tombstones . Mail order catalogs , such as Sears & Roebuck , and Montgomery Ward , offered a variety of tombstones , such as Vermont marble , produced in the eastern United States . Wood could be worked quickly and was often used as a ...
... tombstones . Mail order catalogs , such as Sears & Roebuck , and Montgomery Ward , offered a variety of tombstones , such as Vermont marble , produced in the eastern United States . Wood could be worked quickly and was often used as a ...
Inhalt
9 | |
The Metro Denver Area | 89 |
The Western Plateaus | 127 |
The Grasslands | 245 |
The Great Divide | 337 |
Clever Epitaphs | 451 |
The Author | 477 |
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From the Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries Linda Wommack Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1998 |
From the Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries Linda Wommack Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1998 |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 452 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me.
Seite xv - How did he play his God-given part? Was he ever ready with a word of good cheer, To bring back a smile, to banish a tear". Not- "What was his church?" Nor "What was his creed?" But- "Had he befriended those really in need? " Mile High and Climbing Not - "What did the sketch in the newspaper say? " But — "How many were sorry when he passed away?
Seite xv - Not— how did he die? But — how did he live? Not — what did he gain? But — what did he give? These are the units To measure the worth Of a man as a man Regardless of birth. Not — what was his station But — had he a heart?
Seite xv - How did he Die?" But — "How did he live?" Not — "What did he gain?" But — "What did he give?" These are the units To measure the worth Of a man, as a man, regardless of birth. Not — "What was his station?
Seite 95 - LUKE. History of the gold discoveries on the South Platte River. By Luke Tierney. To which is appended a guide of the route, by Smith & Oaks. Published by the authors. Pacific City, la. Herald office: A. Thomson, printer. 1859. ( [5] -27, 5 p. 8vo.) W CoHi 457 Williams' Muscatine directory, city guide, and business mirror.
Seite 193 - He opened up His golden gate On that heartbreaking day, And with His arms around you, You gently slipped away. It broke our hearts to lose you, You did not go alone, A part of us went with you, The day God called you home.
Seite 248 - Glanynwr, in line with a high and very conspicuous house (Bryntirion) on the top of the hill on the west side of the bay. "The mark for crossing...
Seite 453 - Here lie the remains of DC Oakes, Who was the starter of this damned hoax...