At first I wasn't sure were to go with this challenge.
Both sides of my family and JS's families have a lot of
history here, but decided to show others history.
You wouldn't have know it existed, if in 2000 the
rock walls and bronze plaques had not been
build by decedents to honor family members.
No headstones or names will be found here.
It is the Chinese cemetery established in 1850
during the Gold Rush. A few museums and miles
of rock walls are all that is left of the Chinese
culture in the the Gold Fields.
The second is the Jewish cemetery also established
during the Gold Rush, ten years later in 1859.
This pristine little cemetery is always picture
perfect and both reminds us that our town during a
time in history was at the cross roads of the world.
7 comments:
I liked this challenge if nothing else to find some cemeteries that I may not have gone to otherwise. Good choices!
The stone wall is beautiful. I love the statue of the angle
I really loved the history here, I found it very interesting and your shots were beautiful. :)
Interesting history. There is a huge Chinese cemetery in Calgary, you can see it close to the Stampede grounds. Most cultures like to have their own burial grounds. Catholics have their own sections in cemeteries,and usually there is a section for soldiers. So much history can be read on the tombstones.
I never realized that different religions and races of people built separate cemeteries, but it makes sense now when you think about how segregated they were back in those days. Great history lesson.
Nice shots. Very interesting.
I knew about Jewish Cemeteries but not about Chinese ones..it seems real stark..plain with just the rocks and a few piles of rocks. Thanks for sharing something that we don't see everyday of the week. Oh goodness you have a beautiful green header! :)
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