Soiled Doves, and the Miners Who Loved Them - SILVERTON, COLORADO, at Hillside Cemetery.

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    GRAVES & STORIES FROM THIS LOCATION that we didn't yet find:
    1. Lucia Baldesseri - www.findagrave.com/memorial/9...
    * Lucia met with a frightful and fatal accident on a late Thursday afternoon.
    * As Charles H. Bertram, the dairyman, was driving up Blair Street seated on his wagon loaded high with baled hay, Lucia stopped him to hand some meat up to him.
    * During the conversation she climbed up on the brake of the wagon and grasped the roped binding the load.
    * Suddenly, the horses bolted and tore down the street, with Lucia hanging on to the rope for dear life.
    * The horses raced around the corner into 14th Street, and in front of Squire Watson's residence the load of hay shifted then crashed off the wagon and landed on top of the unfortunate woman.
    * She was carried to her home and medical aid summoned, but her injuries were fatal.
    * She had broken ribs, crushed lungs and other internal injuries, complicated by the fact that she was about to be 'confined' (give birth).
    * She lived in great agony about 30 minutes, then died, along with her unborn child.
    2. Mile Bobich - www.findagrave.com/memorial/9...
    * Mike died at noon at the home of Pete and Annie Savich after being ill six months with miners consumption and tuberculosis.
    * Born in Jugoslavia, he had worked mainly at the Sunnyside Mine for about five years.
    * He had no relatives in America, but was thought to have a wife in the old country.
    * The funeral was under the auspices of the I.O.O.F. at Miners Union Hall and many of Mike's friends were in attendance.
    * Judge Palmquist pronounced the eulogy.
    3. Anna Leota “Annie” Bell Damschroder - www.findagrave.com/memorial/2...
    * The death of Mrs. Anna Bell Damschroder this morning at Silverton will be sad news to hundreds of Durango people.
    * Death was caused by diphtheria with which she was attacked only last Wednesday.
    * When the news of her sickness was received in Durango yesterday much anxiety among friends was manifest.
    * Mrs. Damschroder had resided in La Plata county at Pine River, and in Durango later, for 22 years.
    * She graduated from the high school of Durango, with high honors.
    * Her life here had endeared her to an unusually large circle of friends and associates.
    4. Mary Gaido - www.findagrave.com/memorial/1...
    * Mary died at her home in Silverton after a long illness caused by an affliction of the heart (rheumatic fever).
    * She was born in Italy, had lived in Silverton several years and was a student in the Silverton school, until forced to abandon all activities late the previous year.
    * She suffered severely from rheumatism more than half her life.
    5. Louis E. Ischy - Fell down a mine shaft inscription - www.findagrave.com/memorial/2...
    * Fell down a mine shaft in the Silver Lake Mine. “His body was mashed in a terrible shape”.
    6. James Mitchell - www.findagrave.com/memorial/1...
    * Age 32 Years
    * James lived here with his sister, Mrs. Isabella Logan, and her husband, William.
    * His wife and family were still back in Ireland.
    * Like so many from Europe, he was going to make his career and then send for them.
    * James had worked for the Silverton Railroad for some time and was a good and faithful employee.
    * His death was caused by a very peculiar accident.
    * Working as a coal heaver on the Silverton Railroad, James was walking along the tracks, throwing off rocks.
    * When he passed the 'blowout' at about 3:00 in the afternoon, a rock rolled down the mountain and hit him on top of the head, raising a lump.
    * His head began to ache, so James decided to quit working, walked a mile and a half into town, and went home.
    * His friends thought nothing more of the accident,
    * but in the evening, James complained of intense pain, so Dr. Keller was sent for.
    * He found nothing wrong with James.
    * Ooops.
    * James went to bed early, and at 10:30 that night, breathed his last, dying of a severe concussion of the brain.
    * His wife and four children still lived in Scotland, where James had been born, and his $2,000 insurance benefits were to go to his widow.
    7. John D Lewis - www.findagrave.com/memorial/2...
    * John Lewis, James Stevens, Baker and Warren went up to Silver Lake basin to repair the Iowa trom-line
    * And yesterday afternoon were working at a point on the line between tower No. 11 and the mine.
    * Somewhere between 4 and 5 o'clock, a snow-slide broke from near tho Old Dweller mine above them and bore Mr. Lewis away in its pitiless embrace,
    * the other men escaping.
    * The slide crashed, then came to a standstill at the bottom of the gulch,
    * Mr. Lewis had disappeared under the huge mass of snow and whether living or dead, merely conjecture.
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Комментарии • 586

  • @shariberry3123
    @shariberry3123 19 дней назад +31

    At Christmas in Ouray, in the old days, an Italian miner would dress up as Santa, on Christmas Eve he would ride a wooden horse drawn sleigh. He would stop at each child's house where he would leave a gift of fruit, nuts and candy in a bag that he hung on the front doorknob, my friend born there over a hundred years ago, told me about him.

    • @violethouseworth5943
      @violethouseworth5943 3 дня назад

      our elders have the most amazing testimonies.Thank you for sharing

  • @pegs1659
    @pegs1659 19 дней назад +63

    It is a very beautiful cemetery. Those poor "soiled doves" had a rough life. RIP Ladies💗 Thank you for the tour Ron!

    • @veeherreraJanecka
      @veeherreraJanecka 2 часа назад

      And that poor 16 year old boy who was lynched. Broke my heart !
      All Rest In Peace.
      🕊🙏🏽

  • @johnvaars4593
    @johnvaars4593 19 дней назад +31

    Hey Ron, Cornwall England was famous for its miners. Many Cornish miners emigrated to the U.S. durring the gold rush to mine gold.

  • @redrooster1908
    @redrooster1908 19 дней назад +46

    Massively appreciative! Thank you to the people who marked these graves, paid for and labeled all these monuments, and persevered the history for us. And thank you, Ron, for hiking thru thin air for us!! ❤❤❤ 👏 👏

  • @Docochoco39
    @Docochoco39 19 дней назад +59

    Thank you, Ron!
    I’m a Colorado Native, (grew up outside of Gunnison elev. approx. 8,000 ft), and actually rode on the Narrow Gauge train when I was growing up.
    Thanks for giving good scenic views of one of many of Colorado’s beautiful older mining towns!

    • @FacesoftheForgotten
      @FacesoftheForgotten  19 дней назад +12

      Right on. And look out for next week, I take you up to Silver Plume - Way way way up in the mountain, big adventure

    • @karentrimmer
      @karentrimmer 14 дней назад +2

      I've met a couple of people from the Gunnison area who have not read or even heard of Peter Jenkins, "A Walk Across America," In the second book, "The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2" (Louisiana to Oregon) he spends a year in the Gunnison area, one of the most memorial parts of his journey.

  • @braveandethical
    @braveandethical 19 дней назад +42

    5th generation Coloradan. They would actually close access to Silverton down in the winter back in those days. Even in the last 30 years, it has been unaccessable for months at a time in winter. A lot of my relatives were miners, and I have some crazy stories. I am a direct dependent of the Marlow brothers from Texas, and they homesteaded north of there by Ouray. When I was a kid, we would spend the summers going to abandoned mines and towns all over the western slope. I'm glad you made it to Colorado. Come back in the fall it's even more beautiful.

    • @FacesoftheForgotten
      @FacesoftheForgotten  19 дней назад +9

      Interesting!! With all the gates I saw on the highway it looks like they still close it from time to time, I guess you have to

    • @terriec808
      @terriec808 4 дня назад

      Closures on highway 550 north of Silverton to Ouray and south of Silverton to Durango are part of life and usually don't last more than a few days. I've never heard of both ways being closed unless it was a result of a huge snow storm but even then it's cleaned up quickly. It's rare that Silverton gets cut off in both directions and your comment is quite misleading. I grew up there from age 10 to 25.. Every year all year round.. Lived it

  • @elainewoodard2970
    @elainewoodard2970 19 дней назад +52

    Silverton cemetary was so historic , and wonderful to see that folks were thoughtful enough to place headstones and note the lives of those who pioneered there. Thanks Ron!

  • @elizabethvandeventer5487
    @elizabethvandeventer5487 18 дней назад +11

    Poor ladies, had no choice but to sell their bodies, they hated it so much that they drank themselves to death. So so sad. 😢😢😢😢

    • @shar159
      @shar159 5 дней назад

      Some were brought in for the purpose of entertainment of the miners. To get them to let loose of their gold.

  • @user-zz3dy6xz4j
    @user-zz3dy6xz4j 19 дней назад +50

    Hi Ron... I am from Irish decent. This cemetery you are showing in Silverton, Colorado, and the story of the young lad who died from getting sucked into the pulley system reminds me of the copper mines some of our relatives worked in. They were miners in the copper mines of Ishpeming, Michigan, and Butte, Montana. My great great grandfather Michael Mulcahy was killed in one of the mines in Ishpeming, MI. His sons, my uncles, left mining for that reason, and went into working in different facets of the railroad in Escanaba. We still have not found out how our grandfather was killed and we do not know where his grave is located. We are still trying to find the information. In another part of our family, one of my many uncles was killed in a mining accident in Butte. He was riding in a cage lift or type of elevator with another miner. When the lift stops at the level you choose to exit on, the lift and gate are supposed to be secured before the cage continues to move upward in the shaft. The two miners stopped at one of the levels for the other miner to exit. The other miner exited and forgot to secure the lift, and my uncle's leg was caught on the way down about 20+ feet in a shaft of hundreds of feet, and he also hit his head. He died 6 days later at the age of 29 years old. We also lost another in Butte, but that is going to take a trip to the Archives there. Your program of Silverton, CO was very telling of the situations these pioneers faced. Many are so sad, but the history, so interesting. Thank you for sharing your travels and the history. 🌷🌷

    • @bethfromarkansas7190
      @bethfromarkansas7190 19 дней назад +6

      Thank you for sharing your story. 🌹

    • @tracysmith7935
      @tracysmith7935 17 дней назад +2

      My mother's side of the family (Finnish heritage) had loggers and miners in Ishpeming, Mich and Republic, Mich.
      Small world.

  • @MichaelaH2059
    @MichaelaH2059 17 дней назад +18

    I think it's so lovely the way the soiled doves were not forgotten and some of the older headstones have been updated.

  • @ruggedmountainhomestead
    @ruggedmountainhomestead 19 дней назад +36

    This is an amazing cemetery! My husband and I were married in Silverton and visit regularly. The San Juan Historical Society is responsible for the updated headstones and engravings. There is also a book named “Faces of the Flu” that outlines all the victims of the Spanish Flu and gives the burial location in Hillside Cemetery. Amazing history!

  • @linneahite7493
    @linneahite7493 19 дней назад +18

    Sad and short lives these ladies lived. Thanks for making sure they aren't forgotten 💔

  • @suze6288
    @suze6288 15 дней назад +7

    To speak their names into the wind is to recognize their souls.❤️

  • @joanmatchett8100
    @joanmatchett8100 19 дней назад +17

    An English telephone box in the middle of nowhere, that's great. We don't have telephone box's in England anymore , not working one's anyway. Lovely to see.

    • @helenmcdonnell2585
      @helenmcdonnell2585 19 дней назад +4

      I think that's our Tardis Doctor?

    • @joanmatchett8100
      @joanmatchett8100 19 дней назад +4

      @@helenmcdonnell2585 That was a blue police telephone box , l don't actually remember seeing one of them in real life . I love seeing telephone box's in random places.

    • @helenmcdonnell2585
      @helenmcdonnell2585 18 дней назад +4

      @joanmatchett8100 yes I know it was blue 💙 Dr Who 💙

    • @twinkletoes8099
      @twinkletoes8099 18 дней назад +4

      yes plenty of them still in and around London, the blue boxes are rare to see now though, they were for the police to use and not for public use.

    • @joanmatchett8100
      @joanmatchett8100 18 дней назад +4

      @@twinkletoes8099 There is one red telephone box in the village near me , but it only takes card's. Shame to see most of them go . All the newer call box's have been taken away .

  • @CybrAshley
    @CybrAshley 18 дней назад +11

    i luv that theres a british phonebox randomly

  • @krisdeas2999
    @krisdeas2999 19 дней назад +65

    Hey Ron, that cemetery is absolutely beautiful...And the scenery is breath taking...Im so jealous....I'm so glad your slowly coming back....

    • @amandapanda7878
      @amandapanda7878 19 дней назад +3

      throws honey on your face.neer neener

    • @naomisgram1
      @naomisgram1 18 дней назад +2

      @@amandapanda7878huh?

    • @user-sn1ft4dg8r
      @user-sn1ft4dg8r 17 дней назад

      Thanks Ron. Look forward to all you share.

    • @mikewinings4120
      @mikewinings4120 17 дней назад

      I live in creede,it is so beautiful here,I'll never leave😊

    • @davidgonzales1541
      @davidgonzales1541 15 дней назад

      Great exercise Ron and I’m subscribed so I got notification 🔔 may the LORD bless you and your family and that you continue for many many more. Thanks for the tour…..keep working and driving those amazing road trips.

  • @user-bd4zj5pn2e
    @user-bd4zj5pn2e 19 дней назад +22

    The aerial perspective always makes me think how people are people everywhere...no matter where we go, whatever people eat, or where they live. Everyone has challenges...great or small...whether we are still living or those that have departed and paved the way for us...anywhere on the planet.
    It is so cool you bring those who have gone before us and their trials and stories. Thank you for that....and the beautiful views!

  • @stuartwright1587
    @stuartwright1587 19 дней назад +15

    Yes, Cornwall is in the UK. Those folks would be called Cornish. For Mr. Robert Evans, he’s Welsh. ER COF AM means “in memory of”, he was from Llanrwst, Wales. BU FARW means “died” May 25, 1898. YN “in” 34 NLWDD DED “years”, 34 years old when he died.

    • @bearyhot
      @bearyhot 3 дня назад

      Thank you for this valuable information!

  • @redrooster1908
    @redrooster1908 19 дней назад +19

    Soiled doves 🕊 🕊 🕊 free birds.
    Great drone video, Ron 👍

  • @conniegiammarco5306
    @conniegiammarco5306 18 дней назад +10

    Love this one. I love how they take care of the past loved ones and redid grave markers. Respect

  • @shariberry3123
    @shariberry3123 19 дней назад +5

    I had a family friend who was born in nearby Ouray, early 1923. His uncle was an undertaker in Silverton, probably 1890's-'20's. My friend, his dad was born in Telluride in the 1890's. By age 13, he had to go to work to support his mother, because his goldminer father would get paid on Friday, and gamble his paycheck away over the weekend there in Telluride. My friend's father did not pursue mining, he ended up in Ouray, partnered in a grocery store on Main street. My friend's father 'unalived' himself unfortunately, in that little grocery store, shortly after Pearl Harbor. My family friend would still burst into tears as an elderly man, whenever he would recount the memory of his father's tragic, completely unexpected sudden death. He did say that the local fraternal organization gave his father the most dignified service and burial, free of charge. His mother then sold their home and they moved as far away from Ouray and Colorado, in order to find a new life after their personal tragedy. They are all now buried in this beautiful cemetery right before Ouray, on a hillside and it is just stunning gorgeous of a setting.

  • @kennithminnich
    @kennithminnich 19 дней назад +21

    Thank you Ron. Some gorgeous country here.

  • @annemariecronen9096
    @annemariecronen9096 19 дней назад +6

    How sad for those parents to lose both twin boys so close together 😢

  • @lindabrown8076
    @lindabrown8076 18 дней назад +4

    Wow Ron fantastic video. Alot of cornish people went to America to work the mines. My uncle was welsh he mined in penselvania. Cornwall is an old tin mining county. Love from the UK 🇬🇧

  • @dianacurry6248
    @dianacurry6248 17 дней назад +6

    I can not think of a more beautiful eternal resting place. Thank you Ron

  • @Mszahnclass95
    @Mszahnclass95 19 дней назад +20

    Colorado is one my favorite states .Beauitful scenery an cemetery 🪦🪦 i love these out west stories .Thank you taking all us with you on this cool adventure . Plus shout-out to Cheryl for suggesting another great story .Safe travels an have fun Ron 😅 I promise i wont get crazy with the account support .i figured its been awhile 😂 i like to let my favorite channels once while let them know all appreciate the hard work an dedication ,.Give credit where credit is due. .

  • @barricade-wb3wu6ws2u
    @barricade-wb3wu6ws2u 19 дней назад +24

    Thanks Ron for sharing with us these beautiful gravestones and stories❤🙏

  • @gregh6719
    @gregh6719 19 дней назад +10

    Good video. Corwall Englands Cornish miners were vastly experienced in coal and tin mining. In the 19th century very many wound up here in the U.S.

  • @aliciabrewer9444
    @aliciabrewer9444 17 дней назад +4

    Such a beautiful area. I would love to walk all over that cemetery looking at all the graves. This cemetery is so interesting.
    Ron, I'm so glad you shared this cemetery with us.
    Keep yourself safe out there.🙂💟

  • @RTenneyJr
    @RTenneyJr 18 дней назад +4

    Very. nice job Ron. I live 120 miles away and have spent many hours multiple times scouring through there. I never get tired of it. The town does a really good job keeping it up. There are a lot of markers with the 1918 date on them. Silverton was decimated from the 1918 flu. I think 1/3 of the town was lost. When you get back to Colorado another awesome cemetery is in Central City. It is on an overgrown hillside that is not taken care of. It takes hours of scouring through the trees. Don't rush it. Unfortunately Central City has become a gambling town and has lost the historic flair in most places. The cemetery is on the outskirts of town. I camped on the hill above the cemetery several years ago and kept hearing noise and music coming from the cemetery at night before I figured out it was teenagers partying below the cemetery.

  • @sherbearb.1593
    @sherbearb.1593 18 дней назад +7

    I love all your episodes but this is by far my favorite. Thank you. I'll probably never get a chance to go there in this lifetime, so I lived vicariously through you. Thanks Ron.

  • @Yzabeaux1
    @Yzabeaux1 19 дней назад +18

    Ron, the camera quality & clarity is absolutely STUNNING!!! Great choice of camera for sharing your awesome travels with your audience. 😉👍😁🙏🏻

  • @aylerpendre7096
    @aylerpendre7096 19 дней назад +5

    That’s aBritish phone box, I believe the idea is for the passed on love ones to “phone home”. A very British thought process in sentiments.

  • @donnaanderson2683
    @donnaanderson2683 19 дней назад +12

    Ron, thank you for taking us to another beautiful cemetery. I feel so horrible that there are that many unidentified graves. Hopefully they're all resting in peace. Stay safe and welcome back!

  • @andreajohnson1796
    @andreajohnson1796 19 дней назад +8

    The lovely sound of rain .. isn't a blessing and the scenery is beautiful, RIP ladies Thanks for sharing Ron as always a great one ❤🙏

  • @leahgratiot
    @leahgratiot 17 дней назад +3

    My old stopping grounds! I miss those mountains! ❤

  • @barbaramai7610
    @barbaramai7610 19 дней назад +6

    You didn't disappoint Ron, great homage to the State of Colorado. Loved your coverage of this historic cemetery. I grew up close to the great Rocky Mountains, but have lived east in the arid plains for the past 40 or so years. I appreciate you bringing those mountains closer to me through this video, and relating some of the wonderful unknown stories that make up Colorado's history. Thank You

  • @annabelleb.8096
    @annabelleb.8096 18 дней назад +5

    🥰 Wow! I was hoping for a Part 2. That was beautiful. What a unique town and cemetery.

  • @charlayned
    @charlayned 19 дней назад +4

    Great video! I spent several vacations there as a kid, my dad had a couple cousins who worked in the mine there and we went up to visit. Beautiful place. I never went to the cemetery (I wasn't as fascinated with them back then) and I now want to go back. Sadly, my wheelchair doesn't do cross country much so I get to live vicariously through your videos. Have a good trip.

  • @susanblauss1530
    @susanblauss1530 19 дней назад +9

    Colorado is beautiful! I could spend days walking that cemetary! Soo much to see soo much history. Thanks for bringing us along,loved this!

  • @debbiewilliams7386
    @debbiewilliams7386 19 дней назад +12

    So glad you are back. Thank you for this great walk.

  • @cw8652
    @cw8652 18 дней назад +3

    Our “backyard” of 45 yrs. every time simply stunning! Thank you for sharing Silverton. 😊

  • @Regina-ov7yi
    @Regina-ov7yi 18 дней назад +5

    Love the history and nostalgia you uncover for us about our great country. All these folks molded and helped make us what we are today. They should never be forgotten. Thank you for all the hard work Ron!

  • @maryrees4276
    @maryrees4276 19 дней назад +10

    Unbelievable! One of your best! Thank you!

  • @heidemarieemmert2195
    @heidemarieemmert2195 19 дней назад +5

    Absolutely loved this video. My husband, Leo, get excited about the videos. Time for him to get the snacks and watch our favorite person. Welcome back my brother.

  • @susanna3
    @susanna3 18 дней назад +3

    Finally got to check this out Ron. The opening and closing scenery and music hooked me rught in.What a cool looking western town Silverton is and the cemetery was fascinating!! I was thinking alot about how you explained how remote the location is. Many people had to stay there regardless of how things went. Felt bad for the young women buried in that row, many died young, drinking, drugs illness, even suicide 💔. But the location is breathtaking!! Great adventure Ron thank you!

  • @sandfrench24
    @sandfrench24 19 дней назад +6

    Loved it! Thank you Ron , as always!

  • @donnawilliams9098
    @donnawilliams9098 17 дней назад +3

    I am from Iowa but LOVE LOVE COLORADO someday will be laid to rest there. think you Ron you do a great job. you be safe and again think you love colorado.

  • @terri6743
    @terri6743 18 дней назад +4

    What a wonderful cemetery! Very beautiful and so much history! Those folks in Silverton have done a great job with so many markers!

  • @belindasandey7932
    @belindasandey7932 18 дней назад +3

    I am from and live in Cornwall in the UK, the Cornish mined for Tin and copper, many Cornish miners emigrated to USA. There is a saying that wherever you find a mine you will find a Cornish miner. They are called Cousin Jacks, they brought with them Pasties (the food) songs and singing, many were Methodist/Wesleyans. As the mines declined in Cornwall they went to Australia Africa, Mexico and anywhere else there are mines. You could well find welsh miners from Wales in the UK as well. Trembath is a Cornish name. We have the Camborne school of mines in Cornwall who train mining engineers from all over the world.

  • @dsinavich5141
    @dsinavich5141 19 дней назад +5

    Hi Ron... The cemetery is incredible on the hillside and the views of the mountains are so beautiful and breathtaking...RIP to all .....thanks for vlogging this story..take care........ Deborah 🇨🇦

  • @sheilapurcell3789
    @sheilapurcell3789 16 дней назад +2

    Beautiful old cemetery. I was there in 1971 and we rode the Silverton to Durango train, what a wonderful experience.

  • @nadiabrook7871
    @nadiabrook7871 17 дней назад +2

    BEAUTIFUL drone footage!!
    Another INTRIGUING video, Ron!! XXXX ❤🤗💞💕👍👏

  • @MargaretCorriher
    @MargaretCorriher 19 дней назад +5

    I love your walks beautiful country great history.🇺🇸☮️🤠

  • @genewileyopa
    @genewileyopa 19 дней назад +8

    Thank you so much, such a beautiful place. I enjoy these videos. Lots of history.

  • @lizzierankin-fe9kj
    @lizzierankin-fe9kj 18 дней назад +2

    Wow wonderful scenery. So nice to see you slowly coming back Ron 😁😁

  •  18 дней назад +3

    Astounding graveyard Experience! You gave us a real adventure. Your compassion for the women’s plight in life is endearing 💕

  • @LizBarker-bz4ww
    @LizBarker-bz4ww 18 дней назад +2

    Hi? Ron. I loved the cemetary plus I love the history of the 1500 to 1900 hundreds. With my respect for the people who died a very young age and developed of different sickness. But this cemetary is so generous and beautiful just in the mountains with open fresh air. It makes me feel like I'm there spending my time. You're doing a great job, Ron, I pray for you in your travel and God Bless you and you safe.

  • @Pellegrineanita
    @Pellegrineanita 19 дней назад +2

    That telephone box is what we used to have in England, that's where the colour pillar box red comes from as we also had postboxes the same red

  • @claudiadesoto2378
    @claudiadesoto2378 18 дней назад +2

    Beautiful, just beautiful

  • @jeffybobby5022
    @jeffybobby5022 17 дней назад +1

    I love the graves with the stories. Can you imagine traveling from Cornwall back in those days more risky then potentially today's transportation.

  • @CaroleLeamer735
    @CaroleLeamer735 19 дней назад +5

    Thank you for sharing Mr Ron ❤This cemetery is fascinating ❤Safe travels ❤

  • @jacqui.amelie
    @jacqui.amelie 18 дней назад +2

    That was fantastic so historic thanks Ron

  • @MsChristin1982
    @MsChristin1982 18 дней назад +2

    I could stay in that cemetery for days! Thank you for sharing! Always the best walks!

  • @kellyharper367
    @kellyharper367 День назад

    When I was young, my family spent 6 weeks every summer in those mountains. I know that grave yard well. I'm old and disabled now. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking me back there. All my family of origin are dead now... covid 19 took the last of them. I, in turn, took my children there several times when they were young. I've forwarded this to them. I've been a subscriber of yours for a long time. This is manna for my old soul! ❤

    • @FacesoftheForgotten
      @FacesoftheForgotten  День назад

      so awesome that you forwarded this to them...great memories for you there...thanks for being a longtime sub here Kelly!!

  • @cherylpurdue888
    @cherylpurdue888 18 дней назад +2

    Cemetery's are sad but also beautiful .

  • @garymorris5974
    @garymorris5974 19 дней назад +6

    Thanks for your time, Ron..Stay safe..

  • @denisedarnell1641
    @denisedarnell1641 19 дней назад +6

    Great to see another AMAZING VIDEO of our country's hstory . It truly is amazing and we can learn so much from it if only we would learn...
    Thanks again♡❤

  • @marierklassen7985
    @marierklassen7985 18 дней назад +2

    Thank you for sharing this video 📹 its a very beautiful place to rest in peace. Have a good day from Northern British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦

  • @sandratodd560
    @sandratodd560 18 дней назад +2

    WOW! Truly beautiful! Those Those mountains are gorgeous! I thank you so much for sharing this!

  • @Docochoco39
    @Docochoco39 19 дней назад +4

    Ooops!
    I forgot to tell you if you ever get a chance you have to visit the graveyard for the town of Cripple Creek. There’s different big events that happened, ie; plagues w/ lots of children, a fire that consumed a large portion of the town, and a couple mine deaths.
    It sits on a hill that overlooks Cripple Creek kind of like Silverton’s graveyard.

  • @lindajung9642
    @lindajung9642 18 дней назад +2

    Beautiful cemetery!! The double grave stones were twins!! So heartbreaking!!

  • @gaelwhite65
    @gaelwhite65 18 дней назад +1

    How on earth did they manage to dig graves in such rocky ground. Very beautiful.

  • @Missy-mb3fq
    @Missy-mb3fq 19 дней назад +4

    Hi Ron great video. I follow a channel called The Hillbilly Files. The videos are graveyards/cemeteries based in West Virginia & Kentucky. The stories they have told are fascinating. The Hatfields & McCoys history is interesting. Well, I find it fascinating because I love history and I'm an Aussie so like hearing the pioneering days of the U.S 😊

    • @sherbearb.1593
      @sherbearb.1593 18 дней назад +1

      I too love the Hillbilly Files. Heather and Leo. Love the history and the stories.

  • @jerrymoore838
    @jerrymoore838 13 дней назад +1

    There's something very peaceful and kind about old cemetaries. Remembering those who came before us 🌷

  • @sarahprosek5201
    @sarahprosek5201 19 дней назад +4

    Thank you Ron for your hard work.the scenery was beautiful😊!

  • @connieleighton4375
    @connieleighton4375 2 дня назад +1

    I have family buried in that cemetery, my uncle was killed in the mine, and my aunt contracted polio and died there when she was 9 they are both buried in cortez, my cousin still owns her grandparents home there in town, silverton is a beautiful little town i love going up there to spend a couple of nights when i can , just lay in bed in the morning and listen to the train come into town its kind of magical

  • @sherbearb.1593
    @sherbearb.1593 18 дней назад +1

    Just started watching and I must say, the beautiful view as you drive through town is already worth it. So very gorgeous!

  • @user-gj7xr2bc5d
    @user-gj7xr2bc5d 18 дней назад +1

    May They All Rest Peacefully 🙏 in Eternal Peace 🙏✋🙏

  • @naomisgram1
    @naomisgram1 18 дней назад +3

    My grandparents, aunt and uncle and cousins lived in Colorado Springs so visited a lot and got to tour some of the other places and of course walk around on Pikes Peak. Loved it there. Very interesting cemetery, a lot of work was done to research and mark those graves so their stories could be told

  • @H_H_____
    @H_H_____ 15 дней назад +1

    Beautiful fly in with Little Jimmy and the music was terrific.
    Such a beautiful setting. Just amazing views and scenery. What a restful place for everyone to be buried.
    The roses for each of those ladies was so kind and thoughtful. Besides the people who had stones done for their graves, maybe nobody else other than you and them have shown these ladies respect and kindness. Those may be the only rose they received on their grave since they died.
    21:31 The two Watson kids/cousins,...born 10 days apart, died 10 days apart. In the order in which they were born. Sad for both families.
    24:03 Thank you for zooming up on this old mine structure. I noticed it in the distance and was curious what it looked like up close. It is beautiful.
    34:27 I love all the panoramic views of the snowcap mountains and the valley below.
    I like your attire. Reminds me of what my Dad wore often. Warm and cozy and good wind breaker.
    The drive on Million Dollar Highway took me back to a family vacation where we drove along it. So beautiful. Thank you for taking us along and showing all the prettiest scenery.
    Dad took us on lots of family vacations to places surrounded by beautiful snowcapped mountains in the US.
    Today is Father's Day, and Father's Day this year fell on the anniversary of Daddy's passing, 16 June 2015. So, it is an extra tough day for our family.
    I cried as you drove on the Million Dollar Highway, but it was all happy tears of beautiful and happy memories. Thank you Ron, you are always the best of all that is online anywhere on RUclips.
    Happy Father's Day to you. God bless you and keep you safe in your travels. 💙

  • @mccaffre7
    @mccaffre7 19 дней назад +3

    The story you “dug up” 😂no pun intended lol

  • @jessebriee3918
    @jessebriee3918 19 дней назад +4

    This was a wonderful presentation and I thoroughly enjoyed it ! Beautiful country so much to see. Thank you for taking us on the walk and drive ( love the cave/rock drive through). Safe Travels. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @katiesutherlin5704
    @katiesutherlin5704 19 дней назад +1

    Very nice cemetery sad how many died from illness and accidents

  • @kathyholmes3853
    @kathyholmes3853 18 дней назад +2

    Very rough times...thanks for taking time to bring us the stories, Ron. May they rest in peace 🙏

  • @countrytxrose
    @countrytxrose 19 дней назад +1

    I really enjoy seeing these tucked away almost forgotten cemeterys in some case. This cemetery is beautiful, small town America. Seeing the fancy cemetery, Graves of Presidents, important events that lead to Deaths etc is very nice. But these types of cemeterys are important also.
    THANK YOU SIR, JOB WELL DONE.

  • @maryannebeauchamp1649
    @maryannebeauchamp1649 16 часов назад

    Gr8 2 c u Ron. It's so nice that these long-forgotten souls have u 2 care enough 2 visit their resting place. We, your followers, go with u on your journey & pay silent tribute 2 those who have gone b4 us. Safe travels!

  • @smctyre7235
    @smctyre7235 12 дней назад +1

    Oh my - seeing Silverton brings back memories of a family vacation we had there in the 70's! We mainly went to ride on the Silverton-Durango steam train - but the view of the town matches my memories. Thanks for stopping of there and showing us this interesting cemetery, Ron

  • @Crazybirdlady092
    @Crazybirdlady092 6 дней назад +1

    That one was awesome, thank you so much for sharing this with us all. And all those that took the time to find information on the deceased and put headstones on each one they did.

  • @monikameza4107
    @monikameza4107 19 дней назад +2

    Thank you Ron for sharing these great stories and beautiful cemetery. ❤

  • @ChristineC-nk5fd
    @ChristineC-nk5fd 17 дней назад +1

    Wow, most interesting graveyard ever. Beautiful place, but life was so short and difficult there. Great intro music Ron. Thanks for the walk ❤

  • @flocosta
    @flocosta 19 дней назад +2

    Wow, what an incredible cemetery this is! I've never seen anything else like it. To have the cause of death on so many stones is so nice for curious minds like all of us here. I always wished they would do this at all of the cemeteries. What beautiful surroundings this cemetery is in too. The view is stunning. I can tell your camera is the best. The photography can't be beat. I think you need to join Brittan out in Hollywood!! RIP to all ❤💐

  • @andrewjones7634
    @andrewjones7634 19 дней назад +3

    Robert Evans grave i see its Welsh from North Wales UK .Thanks for Sharing Ron .

  • @twentynineteen4687
    @twentynineteen4687 17 дней назад +10

    Nothing soiled about these women. They had absolutely no choice. One'splace in society was determined by the luck of birth, in more ways than one.

  • @robindykeman8404
    @robindykeman8404 18 дней назад +1

    Silverton, huge track up hill. We followed the amazing train, watching it cliff side. Just amazing.

  • @CharoletteWade-mg3qq
    @CharoletteWade-mg3qq 18 дней назад +2

    Very beautiful cemetery, alot died of different deases or killed in mining accidents, some died from natural disasters. You have made sure they haven't been forgotten.

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 9 часов назад

    Wow! Thank you for sharing🪦

  • @johno30197
    @johno30197 19 дней назад +3

    Great stream ron thank's for sharing

  • @letitbesummer6536
    @letitbesummer6536 19 дней назад +1

    I’m going to have to watch the rest later, but my god, Ron, the gravestones of these people are so sad! Thx Cheryl & Ron. What a great find

    • @cheryld5052
      @cheryld5052 19 дней назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it ❤

  • @hellgirlheleena
    @hellgirlheleena 19 дней назад

    Colorado has so many beautiful cemeteries hidden in the mountains. A great opportunity for photos along the way too in the summer !