Remember the other day I wrote about cemeteries and graveyards? While out on a trolley Saturday, we noticed one of those tree-stump gravestones, stopped to take a photo.
Like I said, there's a lot of history to be found in these Stone Gardens. When we stopped to read the inscription on this really large stone (to the right), we discovered the burial site of the first white woman settler in the area. Born 1814, died in 1891, age 77. That's what I call real history.
Note the husband's name was Phineas. That name sparked a memory from the Howdy Doody days. Remember the marionette, Phineas T. Bluster, the mayor of Doodyville?
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| Phineas T. Bluster |
Some of us get a rush from discovering things along the way. It's what makes life interesting, knowing there's some bit of information just waiting to be found. By stopping to take a picture, not only did we discover a bit of history, but we dug up old memories of the Peanut Gallery days. It's always fun to relive the fun times when we were kids and life was so uncomplicated.
We both enjoy "roadside treasures" as we refer to them.
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