Arbor Day inspired grave markers in Wyuka Cemetery - all the "logs"
are man made, many are over 100 years old
| Leaving metropolitan Kansas City late Friday afternoon. I took I-29 up to Rock Port, Missouri, then took secondary roads to Nebraska and up to Nebraska City - the home of Arbor Day. The Wyuka Cemetery in Nebraska City was featured on the Public Television show. Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations. |
Arbor Day inspired grave markers in Wyuka Cemetery - all the "logs"
are man made, many are over 100 years old
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| "Arbor Day" was first proposed by J Sterling Morton, who published Nebraska's first newspaper. The first Arbor Day was celebrated on April 10, 1872, and Nebraska City is the home of the National Arbor Day Association. |
The largest marker at the back is the Morton family plot
detail from marker in foreground |
"broken limb" detail from Morton family memorial |
Daniel Dantt "Died at Nebraska City May 29, 1878 At the time of his death he was honorably serving the State of Nebraska in the high position of Chief Justice" |
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Also present in the cemetery are a number of markers erected by the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, which was founded by Joseph Cullen Root in nearby Omaha, Nebraska in the late 1800s. |
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