239 years old, vandals once tried to burn it, but it was saved
Newspaper stories about the fire
Below several monuments from Fiery Hill, Fort Plain, NY
We had quite an excursion planned for Saturday to take photos for this week's challenge. Then the boss got a bad cold and the weather turned crumby and so the archives will have to suffice. Good thing these are subjects I have found interesting in the past.
For more Sunday Stills.....
Great old headstones. The church looks very similar to the ones I posted from the same time period. :)
ReplyDeleteSo many of those old churches look similar. That looks just like our Catholic church at Indian Grove Missouri. If I were retired, I have thought about the possibility of a photo book about rural churches. Many are starting to disappear. Looks like that cemetery has been around a long time!
ReplyDeleteHope the boss feels better, great shots. The first looks so serene in the pasture/field..:-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty little church scene.
ReplyDeleteHope the boss gets better soon.
Love the church shot with all the flowers :-). Neat markers.
ReplyDeleteI do like the church, but the grave markers are interesting.
ReplyDeleteLovely, and ethereal in the mist. That's how I shot mine this morning. The old church is neat, I'm glad it could be saved.
ReplyDeleteThat last shot is my favorite! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteThe top photo is my favorite... How could someone even think of destroying that ??
ReplyDeleteLove the field of flowers and the old church. Nice shot of the lichen covered marker
ReplyDeleteCountry churches and graveyards are the best! Nice shots.
ReplyDeletewhy would someone want to burn an old church? I love that first pic.
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard of Zinc monuments. That is just very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to keep my eyes open when I'm wandering through old cemeteries.
(And speaking of 'zinc'! New studies:
http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20110215/zinc-may-prevent-and-shorten-colds
Keith's cold lasted for 2 1/2 weeks. Mine for mere not-to-bad days. Oral Mist Zicam. I'haven't had a bad cold in years!)
Indian Castle Church...239 years old???!!! Amazing...and gorgeous! Loved all the monuments too. Enjoyed all your shots~
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos. The first one has perfect composition and just draws me in. I also like the gravestone with the lichen. Looks like decoration. Very pretty :)
ReplyDelete~Lisa
Really like the picture of the church. Nice job. Hope the Boss is better.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful first shot. Love the history.
ReplyDeleteI really like that first shot..very nice! I like to wander around graveyard too and look at the names and dates..you have some real old ones..ours in this area are not that old..from the 1880's ..our area wasn't settled till then:)
ReplyDeleteThanks, dibear, it does doesn't it?
ReplyDeletePaul, you are right about a lot of them looking a lot alike. I am so glad the firemen saved this little one.
Ed, thanks, it was taken from the car, so it isn't too great but it is such an amazingly lovely little pllace
FC, thanks!
TCSL, thank you, the boss's mother grew up just a few yards down the road from that little cemetery
Earl, they have special significance for us as Ralph's mother grew up on a farm just a tiny distance down the road from the cemetery. We take a trip up that way every couple of years to go by where the buildings used to stand (burned down) and think about her
FW, thanks, I am glad too. so much history here in the valley and a terrible shame to destroy such a lovely piece of it.
Lori, thanks, we made a special trip up there to photograph that one as I find the white zinc monuments fascinating and we knew it was there from previous visits
Devin, sickening isn't it? I am so glad that a couple of routing mistakes, the dedication of the firemen, and the hard work of the restoration group saved it for our enjoyment. Every now and then we get out that way at daisy time and marvel at its beauty snuggled down among the hills;
Shirley, thanks! It is one of our favorite Sunday drive places to go...out there on Fiery Hill
MT, thanks!
Brenda, it shocked me to hear about it. We think the perpetrators got significant jail time, but we can't find any newspaper stories about it
Cathy, thanks, I am going to suggest the zinc stuff to Alan who is coughing pretty badly...and Liz spent the night in the emergency room with a 104 temp and a horrendous cough. Asthma and bronchitis are a nasty mix.
Gyttup, thanks, I love the church too. We get up there every now and then at daisy time.
Laughing Orca, thank you. We took the church pic from the car...it is just set so perfectly among the surrounding hills that you can hardly go wrong with a photo. I am so glad it was saved.
RG, thanks! I think he is feeling quite a lot better.
aurora, thank you. I love to think about the folks that built and used the little church and the families represented by the stones in the cemetery. I am sure they are responsible for much that makes up this valley.
Far Side, thanks! My mom loves genealogy so I have spent quite a bit of time perusing old cemeteries. This one is a favorite because the boss's mom grew up just down the road from it.
I'm so glad you took some shots of the old zince mounments. We have a few here, but I didn't search them out.
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Linda, I find them very interesting. It took me quite a while to even find out what they were since we didn't know, which made it hard to search. A wealth of information out there in the old graveyards.
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