Comments on: In Memory of Isabella..

By: Jay Balliet

Jay Balliet — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:10:53 +0000

That’s the one John. If you follow the trail it will take you to the mine ruins.

By: John From the Prairie

John From the Prairie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:36:55 +0000

Ok, it has been a couple years, but

as you work your way up the trail, it bears left up the mountain, and there is a cemetery in the trees, to the LEFT off the trail, about 1/3rd to 1/4 of the way up the Cliff. Is that the same cemetery?

By: dc

dc — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:30:31 +0000

I too photograph headstones... or not stones, sometimes. My current favorite one is Joseph Schick at the south cliff cemetery. There's a long series of comments there about the beautiful ground cover you can see in the photo, too.

By: Capt. Kurt

Capt. Kurt — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:38:04 +0000

Timbers… nope. I have also been taking pictures of headstones lately looking for mine accident victims related to the Phoenix Mine. And to Jay, yes, it was in Hobart’s diary of a schoolmaster that he sadly mentions his students suddenly dropping dead; very sad, yet common. History is fascinating, and that’s why we all gather here!

By: timbers

timbers — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:51:29 +0000

And I thought I was the only one on this board who takes pictures of headstones…..

By: Jay Balliet

Jay Balliet — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:38:17 +0000

Very cool!!! I’ve got some pics of this as well as some of the other headstones at the Protestant cemetary. If you notice, many of them are for kids. Really puts into perspective how hard life was in the Keweenaw back in the copper boom days.

I seem to remember reading something (maybe in Hobart’s book) about a flu epidemic that killed a lot of people at the Cliff.