- Name: Oak Grove Cemetery, Detroit Lakes, MN
- Location: 46.83190, -95.85280
- Date Visited: October 22, 2021
Oak Grove is very aptly named. It is large and oak studded with rolling hills. In the autumn is was lovely, in the summer it must be stunning. There are 8,600+ graves, the oldest of which is from 1868.
This one drew my attention. The small brass cap flips up and reveals a photo of the deceased when they were still alive. Mr. John Johnson was known as “Mr. Photography” (I don’t know where I learned that… it might be on the other side of the stone. Anyway, here’s a photo of the photographer himself, and if you look closely you can see me taking the photo in the reflection.
And finally this stone belonging to Miss Edith Clement. It’s not often you get the cause of death marked on a stone, and poor Miss Clement was struck by lightning, which you can see here was misspelled.
- Name: Lake View Cemetery, Lake View Township, MN
- Location: 46.76058, -95.85932
- Date Visited: October 22, 2021
Lake View is in the middle of nowhere. The cemetery is small with only 554 graves as of this posting, the oldest of which is from 1876. The coolest part is the dilapidated old chapel, that to my knowledge still gets some occasional use. The sun and sky were cooperating quite nicely this day, so I got a little artsy-fartsy with my photos.
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