10 Most Unusual Graves in Southern Indiana
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
- Prepare to be fascinated! From a gravestone that looks like a monopoly board, to a tomb chiseled from a single piece of limestone, these bizarre graves are worth a roadtrip!
Come along for an adventure, as we travel the dusty backroads, to the 10 Most Unusual Graves in Southern Indiana!
The Monopoly game was ingenious. I especially loved that every space was an event from his life.
I’ve never seen anything like it before. I imagine that the family had lots of tears and laughs as they made it. Simply a wonderful remembrance.
That was my 2 cousin he was only in his 30s...he grew up in indy and graduated from ball state...his mother grew up in shelburn indana and now lives in avon ind.the globe is also my 2 cousin she had a dregee in spanish eduation she died in a car weack...no one knows why she was driving so fast...hit a tree....lynn is sadly missed also....carrey and lynns mothers are sisters.both lynn was around 44 yrs old...
❤ Way too young.Amazing headstone. What happened to him? ❤
@@marvinadarby8212 i ask his mom what happened but i didnt get a clear answer...i think he had a heart attack...why i dont know....i had hadnt seen him since he was in high school. Not sure what he was up to..he did have one child...rip carey....
That monopoly gravestone was really cool. I love how each spot was made about something unique to him.
Lots of love went into that stone, for sure
Thank you for recording history, especially during a time where so many wish to alter it
Amen to that!
Who is trying to change history
Nice sharing
@@paulawilliams5107 The Left
Hello from New Albany Indiana, born and raised in Indiana. Proud of my Hoosier heritage. I found this so fascinating. Truly enjoy your channel. Thank you, for the upload of your videos. ☺️
We live in Corydon….practically neighbors 😅
I'm in new albany as well
Always look forward to your videos, thanks Roger!
My pleasure, Ryan!
Thanks for the great history!
Hello! I love visiting cemeteries. Its a place of peace, quiet and calm. There's so much information on the stones. Im working on my family tree and these are the best places for information! RIP everyone.
Thanks for bringing history alive!
Love to see the older gravestones and markers. Such beautiful architecture and craftsmanship that you just don't see today. The Lois Baker Memorial was so cool. Thanks for sharing Roger!
Another great video Roger, thanks for putting in the time and effort
My pleasure, Whitney!
Born and raised in Borden and I looove your voice and videos
As to the steam engine, He and the engine and his family were very dedicated to the threshermen's reunions of the time. This was also the very engine that he farmed with for his life time. So his family placed it there as his monument. It had been some what kept in a presentable shape until the close relatives also passed. Now it just wastes away over the years. The situation is well known in the local antique tractor/ steam collector circles. It has been discussed that something should be done to save the relic, as that make machine are extremely rare and collectable.
Thank-you, Frank! I was hoping someone would know more than I did! My gut said that it was probably a farmer’s grave. I wondered why the gravestone was never updated, after his wife died. However, I found it’s because she remarried, and is buried with her second husband at Grandview, Indiana.
Well, Roger you did another doozy . Your stories are always the best. Very interesting, and always bits of good Philosophy! I'm glad you included the woman in Aurora that is buried in her Cadillac. Had never heard the story about her husband being added to grave.
I had to know what happened to him, and if they’d re-open it for his burial! So many forgotten stories! 🙂
left out the girl with dollhouse on cemetery in connersville
@@very5ick112 That sounds like an interesting site. Roger is a Southern Indiana travel site and Connersville is in East Central Indiana.
Your quips are as amazing as the background story of these gravestones. It was a surprisingly fun episode.
Did you notice the globe monument next to the monopoly stone? That was also cool.
I did! It’s very odd that the two most interesting monuments in the cemetery are right next to each other. At Bedfords Green Hill Cemetery, they have several huge globes, about twice the size.
This is right up my wheelhouse Roger. From a young age my Grandma used to take me to cemeteries where we’d watch the squirrels play and she would teach me about our family history. Fairview cemetery in New Albany was a favorite and has many fascinating stories. Really enjoyed this piece! Thanks for sharing and safe travels!
Fairview has my hero: William Borden. Very cool guy, would’ve loved to have seen his museum, and tagged along on some of his adventures!
@@AdventureswithRoger Yes, William Borden does seem like an interesting guy! Fairview has my fifth Great Grandfather, Captain Peter Tellon who built steamboats down on the river in the 1800’s in New Albany. No doubt he was either friends or rivals of Captain Frank! lol. History is everywhere!
@@indianamichelle7216Very blessed to have moved the southern Indiana!
What interesting burial stories! Love the steam tractor grave! Interesting tales for sure!
we enjoy checking out cemeteries and the stories they tell! great video Roger!!!
Love this. I live in Vincennes indiana. They also have many old stones. Thank you for this.😊
My pleasure, Karen! 🙂
Well done and well written as always..... love your final scene and message.
Thank-you, Travis!
Thank you Roger!! Everything you do is so interesting and amazing!! Elizabeth Voris
Thank-you, Betty!
Another terrific video Roger!! things in my back yard.....who knew...
Roger, once again you have brought another interesting video. Thank you. ❤😊
Thank-you, Linda! 🙂
I went to 1st grade in Dupont . Great video once again Roger !
You never fail to leave me with that urge , to go jump in my car and explore Indiana ! ❤
Plenty of great stops and good weather on the way!
Loved this video, Roger. I've had a fascination with cemeteries for a long time. The art, the history! I love looking at the older names and wonder who that person was. Some of the more unusual stones/memorials I will try to research. Very fascinating
I've been to some of the places you've mentioned but will plan trips for the others. Thank you 😊
I stop at cemeteries, everywhere I go! Love the older ones the best. It’s also a fun challenge to do a story and try to locate gravestones that apply. Solid detective work!
I personally Love Cemeteries. They Hold so much History. Thank you for sharing these quirky stories. Your Humor made me actually Laugh out Loud. I don't Laugh that much but I do So enjoy a Cheezy sick joke. Thank you again. I wonder if the Stone Cutter Luis Baker is Related to me??? I Loved his Story
My pleasure to share these! I do a lot of walks in cemeteries, the older the better. In Victorian times, people would pack lunches and go to formal cemeteries to admire the ornate and meaningful memorials. For this reason, rich people spent a lot of money, making theirs memorable. That fell by the wayside, with other forms of entertainment, but is making a resurgence. With the development of laser inscription, people are putting a lot more thought into what they leave behind.
Again, interesting as usual. Thanks and keep up the good work
excellent ...
a wonderfully entertaining History Lesson =)
Roger, I’ve been a fan for many years. This was the coolest you’ve done! I am a limestone carver from near Bloomington. These days most of my time is spent repairing and restoring 19th century headstones. So, this vid was “dead on”!
Thank you, Casey! My grandfather, and great grandfather, worked at the quarries in their earlier days. Still have a quarry hat and some pictures of men working. Have no idea what quarry it was, but I suspect it was Peerless.
Another amazing video!!. The background music reminds me of watching videos in history class or old school history Channel clips!!! It's amazing!! Lol
“Nostalgia” 🙂
I was born in Indiana and have family that goes back several generations. When you're in the area of Fort Branch, please take a look at Walnut Hill cemetery. It has some great history and unusual headstones. Thanks for this video. I love it.
Was just south of Fort Branch, a few months back. Met some really nice people!
Thanks for sharing 👍
Hi Roger.. I’m from the U.K. just come across this and I found it fascinating.. loved it thank you . 👻
My pleasure! Lots of unusual things in this area. 🙂
Love it!
I love cemeteries. They are a book of history. Some stories are so unbelievable, I wish I had met the people. I try to imagine what their lives were like. The stones are so imaginative and beautiful.
I've seen Stiffy 's eyes.. next door to the museum where he is now is a place of interest: Square Donuts. there's 1 in Bloomington too... My mom worked there 28 yrs, knew tons of people. My family cemetery is the Johnson Cemetery in Graysville, In. There is a plaque honoring Jane Todd Crawford (1763-1842) after recovering the 1st ovariotomy ever done in 1809!!! She rode a horse 60 miles to get the operation.. I bet there are way to many stories like these just from Indiana to list in a video. Thx for posting!!!
I live just a few miles from the river view cemetery. It's got a section dedicated to the a battle with the Indians along with a burial mound. It's a really neat cemetery
The Indian mound was my favorite. Reason being: I’ve been to so many places wondering if a hill is a burial mound or not, looking for a sign. On top of the burial mound is an actual sign that says “Indian Mound”. 😂
Awesome video! Intro is perfect.
Excellent good job.
I suddenly find myself wanting to own a bulldog, just so I can name it Stiffy Green, lol. Seriously, though, these were certainly beautiful and intriguing. Thanks for showing them to us.
Lots of hidden history! And just when I think I found it all, there’s more!
17:49 Rog, that is a micrometer.
Love this ☺️💕
Daniel Boones sister and her husband buried in Putnam County gravey yard . They actually lived in the woods behind it
I’m a little bit late with this comment but I just watched the video and I was totally surprised when I saw the micrometer monument! I thought man I’ve seen this before and you said DuPont Ind. my mouth fell open in disbelief lol! I’m born and raised in DuPont and have 12 family members buried there! My own plot for my final resting place is less than a 100 ft to the south of the micrometer monument. Wow small world! Love your channel!
Welcome to the channel, Earl! I've been to Dupont several times. My first was in tracing General John Morgan's raid through Indiana. Outside Dupont, there USED to be a sizable wall from prehistoric times. It was estimated to be over 10 feet long and 4 feet high, made of limestone. Pioneers saw an easy opportunity, and used the blocks for homes and bridges! Truly a great, hidden history!
When i worked in landscaping many years ago in madison we pruned the shrubs of bob hughes (then just his wife) grave. The video footage shows the old big shrubs are gone and replaced with new shrubs. Sad to see he passed last year but is now finally reunited with his wife.
When I was researching for this one, documentation said he was still alive. I only discovered he’d passed, at the cemetery.
Just found your channel thanks for the video history and story!
Welcome to the adventure, Sylvia!
Thanks for this great episode.
My pleasure!
Hi Rodgers. Bev from Mitchell Indiana . Went too Bedford .n.Lawrence .
Very interesting video.
thanks for the tour of the intersting graves Roger . i do not get creeped out but cemeterys are somber . i had a uncle named Raymond and it is somewhat bleak to see your own name on a tombstone! i used to hike a lot here in central New York and i would come upon lost cemeterys in the woods . maybe i wrote to you about this before i forget. once a old stone from the 1800's read "all is calm so do not weep ,death is not a endless sleep. love's ties are not riven, we shall be together again in heaven" another time and another place i came upon 2 small stones on a hillside. it seemed they were brothers that died in the War between the states. that did hit me a bit.i have been to the Oriskany Battlefield Memorial. it was a mass grave. after the battle the area was so dangerous that no one went there until after the Revolution..a local man Major Clapsaddle is buried there. George Washington had toured the Mohawk Valley area after the war and Oriskany is one of the places he went..once when i was visiting a friend in Arkansa we went to a cemetery in Van Buren where there is a grave in the Fairview(?) cemetery .it is alleged to be a Viking grave it could be as there is a Viking runestone in Heavener Oklahoma not that far from Van Buren which i saw.. as legends grow in folk talk,the grave in Van Buren was thought to contain TREASURE! locals petitioned a court to allow a opening of the grave. the magistrate ordered that about 30 people must witness the opening and if human remains were determined then all the witnesses had to have a paper with their names on it put in the grave and the grave closed at once. a foot was seen and the grave closed so it was done. decades later when archaelogists wanted to open the grave to investigate the Viking aspect the court would not allow a opening despite no record of ownership of the grave existing . if it seems odd that Vikings could have gotten to western Ark/eastern OK , the Mississippi connects with the Arkansas River and the Heavener Runestone Park and the Fairview cemetery are both within walking distance to the Arkansas River. all of this rocked me yours truly Ray Tonns
There are Viking tales all over the Midwest, as well as anecdotal evidence. I believe they made it much further into the North American interior.
I like the old graveyards best. Lots of beautiful designs, and lessons to learn.
My mother & I love going exploring different cemeteries. We call it graveyard stomping. It’s sad seeing unkept cemeteries
Lots of fine old cemeteries in Indiana, I’ve enjoyed them all
i have a ton of family buried at cave hill cemetery. been a long time since ive been back, mabye a field trip is in order
Love Cave Hill, especially in the spring with all the flowers. Lexington Cemetery is also a good one.
I love a good game of Monopoly or a good game of UNO. I'm just saying. Have a blessed weekend everyone
Heinl, flower shop, went out of business one winter when it got so cold, the pipes burst, and the flower shop flooded and they never reopened.
Still love these videos, if you ever want to do the Scottish rite cathedral in Indy. Hit me up and I can see what will happen.
Been there! 🙂
Masonic Secrets of the Scottish Rite Cathedral (Indianapolis,Indiana)
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Cemetery doesn’t bother me. Sometimes it’s rather educational.😊
I don’t think I’ve ever been spooked by any graveyard or cemetery, just places of peace to me. And I’ve been to ones that were deep in the woods, separated from civilization by several miles. At the same time, I haven’t intentionally been to the ones that have a bad reputation.
RUclipsr Scot on Tape recently made a video where a man in South Carolina was buried in his car sitting in the drivers seat, along with all his guns and $100 … odd what people think about.
Crazy how people want to leave a lasting impression! My Grandma and her best friend were talking about how people would go to a funeral, and see people pulling back that little curtain in a casket. “Isn’t that disrespectful? Why do they need to do that? What are they looking for?” So the two elderly ladies came up with an idea. “Let’s give ‘em something to look at!” They wanted to be buried in something very risqué! This was pretty funny considering they were two very religious, church-going types. I don’t know if they actually did it, I didn’t look! 😂
Been to SQUIRE BOON'S cave in indiana his is intered inside the cave, one of the neatest cave I've been in⚰️🪦
Squire Boone Caverns is pretty awesome, and even better since they expanded the tour and added additional lighting. It, and nearby Marengo, are the two most beautiful caves I’ve ever visited.
My brother is buried in Sharpsville Indiana.
As a resident of New Albany I would love to go on an adventure one of these days.
Three decades ago, I started by getting a paper map, and circling every “point of interest” for a weekend trip. I got lost A LOT, but man was it a blast!
If I was starting all over, I’d definitely do every tour of every show cave (Marengo, Indiana Caverns, Squire Boone, Wyandotte, Upper Twin Cave, Blue Spring Caverns), Clifty Falls, Spring Mills village and museums, Lincoln Boyhood memorial. I’d drive to Leavenworth and see that overlook, wild caves at Bluffs of Beaver Bend, and the jug rock at Shoals. And to wrap it up, drive to Cannelton, and drive along the waterfront, all the way to Evansville: Lafayette Spring, the locks, Eagles Bluff overlook, Christ of the Ohio overlook, Newburghs waterfront and the ancient mounds next to Evansville. And the beauty of it all: everywhere you go, you find new places, and ideas for next trips. 🙂
I’m going to use “Another one bites the dust”
My grandparents and other family members are buried in the Beard Cemetery near Bristow. Stories are told how his wife caught him with a woman on the steam tractor. She had it put over his grave so no one would forget. May just be a story.
My brother is buried in the Beard Cemetery just up the hill from this tractor grave.
It was so interesting to him he wanted to buried near it.
@swiftphotographyllcnancy5477 That’s a really peaceful place to be buried. I could’ve heard any vehicle for a mile, it was so quiet.
Interesting video, one correction though, that’s not a Vernier caliper, it’s a micrometer.
Many moons ago, I worked a turret lathe. The older fella that was mentoring me, showed me how to measure my parts. “Use these verniers”. I believe those were actually verniers, but mistakenly called these the same thing.
I'm a bit sick and I've been thinking about my funeral a lot. I'm considering my tombstone being a table with benches and a chessboard engraved on it. I don't like chess but I have young kids and they love checkers. When I'm gone they can come and visit me and they can tell me about their day while we play checkers and maybe someday chess.
Patrick, that’s an incredible and thoughtful idea! I’ve been thinking about what I’d like mine to be like. It would kind of be nice to know how it turned out.
That monopoly monument cost some bucks$$$$$
I’ll bet it did! So much thought went into it, just an amazing tribute
Here in southern ohio, I live right beside a big cemetery here in town. One person's gravestone is a giant smartphone with all the apps he enjoyed.
Now that would be an awesome one to see! Do you remember their name? I’d love to look it up on find-a-grave
@AdventureswithRoger not right off but when me and my daughter go walking again up there, I'll be sure to take note and come back and leave a comment here!
I go to Ohio every now and then. That’s sounds like a great stop!
@@AdventureswithRoger Fairmont Cemetery, Jackson OH is the one. I'll find out that exact grave though this week ;)
Thank you, kindly!
The military also converted some old places to "training areas".
When i was stationed at ft Stewart georgia. Its near hinesville.
I was in field artillery, MLRS.
We had to certify before going to kuwait in 02.
We did a night convoy and moved into and "occupied" an area. We had to set up a perimeter etc etc.
Anywase were walking out in pitch black in a forest and all of a sudden head stones everywhere. Not little ones. Big intricate headstones.
I think people too easily just pass this all off
I know about the flower shop because i live in Terrehaute.
Have you checked out gravity hill ?
Yep!
The Legend of Gravity Hill
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Ok, but where did the extra bodies in Barnett come from? Who were they? How old? How did they die? No one thought it was odd that a grave for 1 person held 6 other bodies??? Just me???
Otherwise, really enjoyed the video.
I feel like youtube comments will become the new grave stones (in 30-40 years)
Right now, my phone takes the photos I’ve clicked, and makes movies with transitions and music, calling them “memories”: all without my consent. There’s a new capability to sample your voice and logic, creating a virtual version of yourself. Sitting back and thinking about it all, I see a day when tombstones will not only talk to you, but remember your last visit and interact. Grieving people will have the ability to talk to an AI version of their loved ones, on their phones, computers and TV. For the elderly, this might be very comforting, given a limited social network. Still, very scary implications.
That IS a micrometer, not a vernier. To be specific, that IS a 0-1 inch micrometer.
Exxxellent! Knowledge! Tks!❤😎🇨🇦
He owned a flower shop.
When you go to the next world let people know what you were like in this world 🤗👍🏼
I’ve never personally reconciled, if the dead can hear us or not, and if they’re cognizant in another reality, or fully unaware. I’d like to think that even if they don’t know what’s going on here, they get updated when someone we know passes on. I’ve even thought about telling other relatives what information to pass on, in case they go before I do, as crazy as that sounds.
Who are the other 6 people buried in the road?
It’s not clear. The most likely scenario is fellow Barnett relatives. But located along a waterway, on a small hill: could’ve been a Delaware (Lenape) burial mound.
@AdventureswithRoger that would be interesting to look into more .. what if it was all the people they killed throughout there life. Like wanted to be buried with there victims
I really like your gray art gravesite stories and all but one story you did not get right it was about the dog. The dog was his true best friend and when he died, he had him stuffed and put in there and so many college students and people go around to see it and try to steal it so they took it out in the family members took it and had a port, when made like that and then later on they try to steal it so then they put it in a museum that’s the real story if you don’t believe me inbox me and I’ll tell you more
I went by the historical society account.
How disrespectful putting a road thru a person's grave. Go around it.
That's kind've how Nancy's ancestors felt. But there are MANY cases of pioneer cemeteries where Indiana Interstate 65 is today. The DOT says they relocated all the bodies, but it's uncertain that they did.
@@AdventureswithRoger I reckon there is not a good vibe on that I 65
I’ve heard a few weird stories about the Scottsburg area.
Cemeteries 🪦⚱️⚰️ are so interesting, full of history. I've heard of a pyramid gravestone in Jeffersonville Indiana that people make pilgrimages to.
Haven’t heard of that one.
Loved this!! So interesting! I hope you do more of these videos.
Working on a huge documentary at the moment. What kind of things do you like to watch?