Stop 8: "Fowler Burial Ground"

Walk Back in Time by Christopher Boulton

May 20, 20188:21Society & Culture

Here is one of the several family burying grounds established by the people of the Trapps Mountain Hamlet as an alternative to public cemeteries. The oldest headstone to be recognized here dates from 1866. One of the old...

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