† Bones of Contention †

Friday, October 14, 2011

Egyptian funereal influence

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Napoleon's soldiers, during the Nile campaign, found the Rosetta stone in 1799. They also shot the nose off the sphinx, and brought souv...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Riverside Cemetery

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Cleveland's Riverside Cemetery (1876) wanted to be the West Side's Lake View. It has some pleasant landscaping, and two beautiful 19...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Zinkers

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Johan Johnson born in Sweden 1834, died Cleveland 1908 embellished with Swedish crown this one is either missing a panel, or was created to ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Mayfield Cemetery

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This graveyard is so well maintained it is hard to find anything interesting outside. Grass is kept perfect. I did not take a foot by foot w...
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Welcome to Monrovia

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Ohio City was opposite Cleveland on the Cuyahoga River. The cemetery on Monroe Street was Ohio City's municipal graveyard. Its first bur...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cleveland

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St. Joseph's Cemetery is slightly older than St. John's. It is on the corner of East 79 and Woodland. The southern property lines ab...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

St. John's Cemetery, Cleveland

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St. John's had been the cathedral's parish graveyard. It is across the street from the City of Cleveland's Woodland Cemetery. ...
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