Foraker Cemetery In Oklahoma
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- Опубликовано: 18 июл 2021
- This little cemetery is located just outside of the little town of Foraker, Oklahoma near the tall grass prairie.
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I worked on the ranch across the fence. Jesse, Doug, and Krista were friends of mine
Thank you for watching and telling us a little more. It really is a beautiful area of the state and this cemetery was nice and peaceful.
Thats so cool👍🏻 Thanks for sharing😊
This was the most beautiful and personal of all you have done. What a great community.
I really enjoyed this peaceful and beautiful cemetery. Thank you for watching!
I grew up in Lake Tahoe. On the weekends our family would go to Virginia City. Our parents would give us kids money to roam up and down the boardwalks. We weren’t allowed to gamble at the slot machines. But what did I do? Go straight to Boot Hill cemetery and wander. I would think about what the lives were like during the 1800’s. Then of course, the “Red Light District” 😉 😂 I love pioneer history. Great video..TY!
That sounds like an awesome plan and just like something I would do! Tour something fascinating and keep the money! I haven't been in that cemetery that you are talking about so is there anyone you know of I should visit there?
Such a beautiful stroll through this peaceful cemetery. Interesting to see the personal and loving detail put into the markers. Thank you for taking us along with you.
You're welcome and thank you for coming along. I do like the personalized metal work in this cemetery.
I could spend days looking at every stone in this unique cemetery! Fascinating and so personal.
I really did enjoy this cemetery and I love finding ones like this. I'm sure I will be back there at some point. Thank you for watching!
Interesting cemetery you don’t often see so many items of sentimental purposes like in this one. Even a mock-up of a backhoe. 😁👍
The backhoe and the rifleman were both really unique. I really enjoyed this little cemetery. Thank you for watching!
@@RhettyforHistory Thanks Rhetty. I was reading the one comment where he mentioned Boot Hill. Wow! Wouldn’t that be an interesting cemetery to go see.
Yes it would. I will have to find out more about that one. I had no idea about it and it makes me wonder who is in that.
@@RhettyforHistory Definitely!
Rhetty! I missed your cemeteries videos! Always great! 👌🏼
Thank you! I will have more coming soon! Thank you so much for watching!
Yet another great video. Can't get enough. Thank you sir. I've been through Oklahoma one time. It is beautiful but very flat. Not much but open fields.
It really depends on what part of Oklahoma you are in as to whether or not it is flat, hilly or mountainous. Other areas have nothing but grass or crops while other areas have forests. Thank you so much for watching Edward!
Cool cemetery! Cool grave markers!
Thank you so much for watching!
Really nice back ground .This is a really cool cemetery...Thank you for sharing this..
You're welcome and thank you so much for watching!
What a wonderful cemetery..peaceful and unique..and all the open spaces beyond is amazing..I would love to go to Pahuska some time soon. Thanks for all your videos..always some history to be shared..
I hope you get the chance to visit Pawhuska some time. It really is a great little city to visit with a lot to see and do. Thank you so much for watching!
That had everything I like about cemetery visits. Unique tombstones, quiet solitude, wide open vistas, and certainly well kept. Somebody does a fantastic job on the upkeep. Thanks for bringing this one to life for us Rhetty.
Yes they do. I would imagine that is is family and friends with almost everyone in the cemetery. Thank you so much for watching!
What a beautiful, peaceful area for a cemetery. So well maintained which says a lot for the community. I love how the families have chosen to honor their loved ones. Thanks for the video.
You're welcome and you're right about the families and the community caring about their loved ones. Thank you so much for watching!
Great visit! Thanks for the trip and be safe!
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
Oops, I commented too soon. Now I see there are two trees. I love the wrench and the lasoo! What a nice surprise to see so many creative headstones in his out-of-the-way cemetery. 😳👍
There aren't many trees in this prairie area. It's one of the last remaining areas of prairie. That used to spread from Texas to the Dakotas but farming, ranching and settlement has changed all of that. A couple viewers have tipped me off on some stories here so I may be back at some point. Thanks again for watching Steve!
Hi Rhetty how are You and your familie doing.Nice markers on this Cemetery.
We are doing great and I hope you are as well. Thank you for watching!
Nicely Kept For Sure..Thanks For Taking Us Along..
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
What a serene little cemetery, it's so clean and neat. Obviously they are people who care about their loved ones who have passed. Someone has some artistic ability in metal working, most likely more than one artist there. The rock slabs are beautiful, and must have been a big job to get them there. Those are home made stones with glass in front, my dad's mom died when he was 14 yrs. old, the kids made a cement stone similar. Glass was placed in the front with her name, birth, and death on paper. it was still there in the 80s, with a new stone placed along side of it. The glass remained the same, and the writing was clear. This often happened when people were poor, but to me this stone was precious, made by her children.
I don't think they ever counted on the paper going away under the glass but it's just been to long. I'm glad your family was able to place a newer marker next to the one like that. The town of Foraker is just a couple miles away and I'm sure that metal worker probably lives there. It's not a big town so I would bet there is only one artist but who knows. Thank you so much for watching!
What a wonderful place to sit and listen to the wind. Judging from the markers I think I would be in good company.
Yes it was a nice and peaceful place. Thank you for watching!
Thanks, Rhetty that tour was great. Really cool markers.
You're welcome and thank you for watching! I really loved the markers in this!
Thanks for the video. It was a hot day and I had two busted tires on the RV the day I was there so I did not stop. Foraker was a little boom town in the twenties. The railroad stopped and the oil boom busted. Ben Johnson Jr.'s parents were living there when he was born. Before Ben Senior took over as foreman of the Chapman Ranch.
There really is a lot more history there than I realized. Sounds like you had a rough day when you visited. I think I need to go back and cover a little more there. Thank you for watching!
I am late viewing your video. I haven't been well and I am subscribed to so many history and military channels I get behind and it takes awhile to catch up. lol That is a very fascinating, well kept, cemetery with a lot of personal objects left on the creative markers. Tall grass country is definitely a part of history because of the very large cattle ranches that extended farther than the eye could see. Oklahoma is made up of many differen t types of terrain and climate. The Tall Grass Prarie is wild and rough and the people that settled it had an adventurous spirit that has definitely been passed down to the younger generation, as is evident in the grave markers in this cemetery. These people lived full lives of adventure, service to God and country and were greatly loved and admired by family and friends. The evidence is in the extra work and love in their grave markers. Thank you for showing this cemetery. This video is uplifting compared to overgrown and abandoned cemeteries.
You're right we were passing ranches and ranches up there. We saw lots of cattle but also the wild horses that were up there. I've never seen so many horses anywhere else other than this tall grass prairie. There is nothing out there so you're right about having to be tough as well as resourceful. I'm sorry you haven't been well and I hope you get to feeling better soon. Thank you so much for watching James!
I love old cemeteries!
I do too! Thank you so much for watching Ashley!
Thank you!! This find is a gem!!😁
Yes it is and thank you so much for watching!
Rhett, I enjoyed your video of the Foraker Cemetery in Oklahoma, it is a very peaceful and well kept Cemetery. I loved the unique grave markers, there was one in particular that had my exact birthdate and year. Also, loved the scenery grasses and clear skies. Take care 🐎
Thank you so much for watching Brenda! It really was enjoyable strolling thru this cemetery and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it as well. It is always strange to see your own birth date or name in a cemetery.
Hey Rhett, glad to see you're back in one of the cowboy country's.
Great video my friend.
Beautiful cemetery. Nicely maintained and the surrounding area is beautiful.
Thank you for the walk through.
Those headstones were very interested and nice.
This is definitely cowboy country for sure. Quite a few rodeo champions have come from this county. Not only that but some big time stock and ranches as well. Thank you so much for watching!
Lonely cemetery, but very well kept, thanks again for posting this video
You're welcome and thank you for watching Bryan!
I even read the listings without pictures..i love them everyone has a story, ..good thing its a small cemetery
Cemeteries are so fascinating. Thank you for watching!
Great place its beautiful ratty loved it ❤
I thought so too and it was so peaceful. Thank you for watching Sandy!
What a beautiful cemetery, so unique. Great find Rhetty, thanks for the tour. ❤️🇦🇺🐨
We have had some good rains this summer so everything looks great! Thank you so much for watching!
That was very interesting I really enjoyed it I never seen anything like that before and cemeteries all the different things that they made I always love your videos are so interesting I'm glad you noticed this one in stopped have a good day stay safe thank you for all the awesome videos you do keep up the good work bye for now until I see your next video
I didn't expect to see this but it certainly stood out on those plains. I really enjoyed this one and I'm glad you did as well. There was a lot of nice and unique monuments in this one. Thank you so much for watching!
That is 1 cool set of monuments! Great job on another good cemetery find!
Thank you so much for watching my friend!
.So unique and amazing really.... thanks for this ..............
You're welcome and thank you so much for watching!
Wow I love the headstones..so many different unique ones...awesome Thanks for sharing
You're welcome and this really is a nice cemetery in a beautiful location. Thank you for watching!
Great cemetery. Love all the horse items.
This really is a neat little cemetery! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Good to see you again. Hope your vacation. Was everything you hoped it would be. Beautiful cemetery.
We had a great time on vacation and we Sawa ton! I will have a lot of videos coming on it. Currently doing some research and getting ready to film some more. Thank you for watching Nadia! I hope you are doing well!
Thank you. That was very interesting. Such unusual marker's & so well looked after. Great as always. Did you all have a good vacation. 😊🐘
We did! We packed a lot in our short little time. I have a lot to edit and still working on filming some more things. Thank you for watching Yvonne! Hope you are staying safe there!
Really interesting old cemetery. Thanks for the video of it
You're welcome and glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching!
@@RhettyforHistory I always enjoy them. I hit the like button before I watch the video as I know I will enjoy it
I really appreciate the support and positive comments you always leave!
Nice to see some very unique headstones.
Yes it is. I love finding ones that are completely different. Thank you for watching!
Thank you great video as always..beautiful cemetery
It really was a nice cemetery to visit. Thank you for watching!
Thanks for sharing this location🪦🪦🪦
You're welcome and I appreciate you watching Brenda!
Couldn’t help but notice on the mother and son markers that mom died on December 7, 1918 and the son died December 8, 1918 . Wonder if the Spanish flu epidemic took them both. Sad.
Nice cemetery Rhetty !
I would bet that is what happened to them. I have never been in a cemetery that was around then that doesn't have victims from that pandemic. At least not if it is a cemetery with more than a handful of people. Thank you for watching!
I wonder what happened to Mrs. Johnston and her son who died just days apart..
This is a beautiful cemetery with so many unique headstones..
I loved all the silhouettes.. This is a really special cemetery.
That is a good question that I do not know the answer to. It made me wonder as well. Thank you for watching Laura.
Up in that area is a family with the last name ...Head. Ponca City is where they make Head Country BBQ sauce...Try it -it’s good!!!
It is good. I filmed those final resting places and I had no idea until someone sent me a message telling me about it. It is good sauce! Thank you for watching!
Very interesting place. Love the huge slab rocks
This was a great cemetery to visit. I'll probably be back up in this area to do some more filming late this year. Thank you for watching Linda!
I been to the Tall Prairie Preserve many times! They have 3 herds of Buffalo there! My son used to live in Bartlesville Oklahoma
Yes they do. It's really neat to get up close with the Buffalo. Then you can also see some different cattle herds on ranches around the preserve as well as some wild horses. Thank you for watching Beverly!
Great video Rhatty enjoyed the peace of the place Thankyou
You're welcome and thank you for watching. It was certainly peaceful!
My grandma Sylvia Bakers dad had a homestead in Pawhuska. Lat time I was there, there was a dead cow in one of the upstairs bedrooms LOL. Sylvias mom was a Delarue
The Black Smith House in Pawhuska was built in 1871. This 5-room house with native timbers and 18″ thick sandstone walls was the first to be built in Pawhuska.
Also, when the Osages were removed from Kansas, Sid Delarue, a Swiss blacksmith, was promised the house if he would come to care for their horses. The Black Smith House is listed in the “National Register of Historic Places” on May 7, 1979. The house was acquired by donation from the First National Bank to the Pawhuska Community Foundation.
Very interesting history that you shared with us. So is this house being used now?
@@RhettyforHistory The homestead is probably shot. Sids Quartermaster and Blacksmiths shop is all restored and is a tourist attraction now.
I have not heard of that before. I'll have to try and look it up and see it.
@@RhettyforHistory ^5
I'm a recent fan... Love all your stuff... Never the same thing twice and lots of history.
Thank you for coming along on the adventures and I'm glad are here. I really do strive to have different things that we cover. I have a ton of things left to do.
@@RhettyforHistory look forward to all your new stuff!!
Amazing how many July were in there.. very unique thanks for sharing 👍👍🙏🙏
You're welcome and thank you so much for watching Rebecca!
Be happy that you don´t live in Europe! Such a cemetery would be forbidden here. The US seems to be free from stupid regulations. Many thanks again, for showing this really impressing place! I really like your videos! Please continue visiting gravesides and telling interesting stories from history!
Will do! Thank you so much for watching!
Hey, thanks for highlighting my family’s cemetery. Let me know if you need any information. Blessings.
It’s pretty interesting and unusual to see a cemetery with no trees. And I normally don’t like overcast days, but the dark clouds over the cemetery looks really nice. 👍
I know you are probably used to sunny days. This year we have had a wet summer and we usually do not but that helps keep away the wildfires.
Wow I've never seen such unique markers.
Great video👍🏻
There were some unique ones in here for sure. I may be back to this cemetery at some point for a story. Thank you for watching!
@@RhettyforHistory Cool I'll look forward to it👍🏻
Thanks for posting this from the prairie. One thing, in case it wasn't already pointed out, but the pronunciation is "Four-acre", just like it is wrongly spelled!
Thank you!!! Another interesting video and Shame on the 2 dislikes ,,
I don't worry about the dislikes. They think they are hurting the video but it actually helps the youtube algorithm. If they knew that they probably wouldn't click on like or dislike. Thank you for watching as well as the support!
I spent a good time of my childhood in that area. Foraker is pronounced For-aye-ker, and the last name you couldn't pronounce Ehrlich is pronounced closer to er-lick. I wasn't aware Jesse had died. A lot of familiar names and families in that cemetery.
Nice cemetery and nice video. 👍👍
Thank you so much for watching!
Nice tour!
So many died young. Imight have to go there and visit my distant kinfolk (Ehrlich).
Thank you for watching! Are they of relation?
@@RhettyforHistory Probably not. I know all direct relations from the original Ehrlich that came here from Austria in 1864. If they r,its from waaay back.
Absolutely amazing cemetery very different from uk x
I imagine so. The ranching and cowboy lifestyle is a big thing in Oklahoma and especially so in this part of the state. Thank you so much for watching Marie!
Cool cemetery!
Yes I really enjoyed this one. Thanks for watching and coming along on the adventure.
I am in the process of looking at the graves on findagrave and I really go through all the graves if I can..the stories and pictures are wonderful,, one lady sophrona wood berry,, has beautiful long hair that's as far as I have gotten ..i have been looking at each listing on find a grave and it's interesting the pictures and information I find,,if you have time look it up I will now resume my viewing lol 😆
I do love findagrave and it is a wonderful source. I love knowing more about the people I encounter and sometimes it is on there. Other times it's people who comment. Thanks again for watching!
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Did you notice the mother and son died a day apart the same year? I thought you’d catch that as you were reading them. Dec 7 and 8 1918. That was the Spanish flu time.
Yes I believe you are correct and that would be my guess as well. I don't think there is a cemetery out there that was affected by that pandemic. Thank you for watching Kathi!
Another great video Rhetty, do you ever plan on visiting Cherokee Bill's gravesite? He's buried in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma I believe
Yes I do. I have a lot left to film in Eastern Oklahoma. I have some others within the Cherokee Nation I would love to capture. Thank you for watching!
That’s my grandpa‘s head stone, John Brian Brown, the silhouette of the man holding the rifle
Check out Williams-Timberhill Cemetery near Welch, in Craig County, Oklahoma. Arizona "Ma" Barker, her husband George Elias Barker, and sons Herman and Fred Barker are buried there. There are centographs for Arthur "Doc" Barker, who is buried in California in an unmarked grave. and for Lloyd Barker, who is buried in Colorado. Lloyd was shot to death as he came home from work by his insane wife, Jenny Barker, in 1949. Fred and Doc, along with Alvin "Creepy" Karpis were leaders of the Barker-Karpis gang in the 1930's. Herman died in 1927 in a shootout with Wichita KS police. Doc was killed in 1939 trying to escape from Alcatraz, and Fred and his mother were killed in a four-hour gun battle with federal agents under Special Agent in Charge John Connelly in Oklawaha, Florida on January 16, 1935.
I will certainly be having some stories and grave visits coming on them later this year! They are certainly interesting ones to cover! Thank you for watching!
@@RhettyforHistory I wrote "The Barker-Karpis Gang: An American Crime Family" in 2016, and it is available on Amazon. When I finished it, I had over 400 pages, and a great many folks contributed photos that had most likely never been published previously.
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I loved your walk through this Cemetery. The mother and son (family name Johnston) died one day apart. Perhaps an accident? Thank you for a great video!
It could be an accident or even just some sort of illness in the household. I'm not sure what the story is but it's sad to see things like that. Thank you for watching Janet.
I wonder if Billy Don Head was any relation to the Ponca City based makers of Head Country BBQ Sauce? Sadly, Head Country BBQ Sauce was recently sold to a Kansas company after nearly 75 years.
I did not know that it was sold to a company in Kansas. That is sad. Thats a good question if and I'm not sure if they are related or not. Thank you for watching.
The oldest Christian graves in Denmark are from year 865.
That's really old! I would love to see those!
Was there any forakers ??
I wonder if I have any relatives buried there.
The mother and son who died in 1918 might have both died due the Spanish flu
I believe you are right on that. It's certainly the right dates. I don't think I have ever been in a cemetery that doesn't have victims from that pandemic. Thank you for watching!
@@RhettyforHistory reading your response to mine and it occurred to me that maybe the reason we don’t see the fathers grave is that he died in WW1
It could be something like that. He may have moved on and away after that or maybe there was just no one left to place a marker at his grave. Perhaps someone from town might know.
Sorry I. Left the h out of your name x
You're fine! Never know what technology is going to do!