The Hidden Cemeteries of Moraine State Park
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- Come with me as we explore Moraine State Park and try to find some of the cemeteries that have been lost in time.
0:00 Intro
0:59 Mt. Zion Babtist Church
40.946602, -80.040086
2:14 Snyder
40.976715, -80.004588
5:00 McBride
40.953534, -79.988772
6:10 Roberson/Jobe
40.941049, -80.013995
7:18 Shaffer
40.961197, -80.004866
9:20 McCandless
40.954575, -80.014156
10:50 Davis
40.966017, -79.992391
11:33 Book/Negley
40.966822, -79.983383
12:15 Outro
I just found your channel. When I heard that you are from Pennsylvania I was so excited because I was born in New Castle and lived there until I was 10. My family is all from PA. It’ll always be home❤ thank you so much.
My pleasure! I hope you enjoyed the video.
This is so cool! I moved away nearly 30 years ago, but this brings back memories of going to Lake Arthur as a kid and the numerous old family plots in Butler County. I grew up near the Muddy Creek Presbyterian Church on route 8 and its cemetery (where the massacred Wigton family is buried) and our neighbors had an old family plot from the late 1800s in the woods next to our house. I didn't know Moraine had so many cemeteries.
Wow; I just read up on the Wigton family. I am always amazed with how rich the area is with history. I am always learning something new.
I enjoyed you video. My fifth grate grandfather was Robert Stewart. He was the first white man to settle what would become muddy creak township. His children married into the Mc Connell family and the Snyder's. I find history amazing. Keep up the good work.👍
Definitely lots of Snyders in the area!
@@StillGoingFar yes their are. My Brother in law was one he passed several years ago. We made several trips to Snyder cemetery together. They were his 4th great grand parents.
I like that you tell the info about the people behind the gravestones and you are respectful 😊
That was my goal!
Well done! Entertaining,accurate and informative. I like the way you blend in the maps and drone footage! New to your channel. We're(wife and I)are looking forward to your further adventures.
Travel safe!
Thanks so much! I put a lot of work into this one.
Thanks for this great video. I'm a new subscriber. I have heard alot about Moraine State Park, but haven't been there. I really appreciate that you told us alot of information about the people buried in the cemeteries. You are always very respectful of the graves. I love the drone shots, too. Very interesting video. I moved into Allegheny County 10 years ago. I moved into Northern Westmoreland County 7 yrs. ago. Originally from Clearfield County, so I'm still learning about Western PA. I love history, so thanks again for all the info about those buried in those cemeteries in Moraine State Park.
My pleasure!
Thanks for sharing this, I live close by and had no idea there were so many cemeteries in the park boundaries.
Most people don't. Hopefully this get more people to the park to check them out with their own eyes.
Interesting! I used to spend a week or so every August camping at Cooper’s Lake campground across the interstate from Moraine Lake State Park with thousands of people in my Society for Creative Anachronism Medieval Recreation Club. Unfortunately for me I was interested in history, but not my Ancestry since I’ve learned since I moved across country that some of my people came through that area heading West in 1806.
Thanks so much for sharing about the cemeteries at Moraine. I didn't realize there were so many.
Glad you enjoyed!
This was so interesting to see how many cemeteries Moraine state park has. I find the weathered headstones and markers to be beautiful looking. There is a small family plot in the local state park near me.
I was surprised when I found out how many there were. Each one was unique with some really cool headstones.
Thank you. I enjoyed going with you :)
Thanks for coming!
My mother grew ip in Isle and went to that church.
informative video but I would love to see more close ups of the headstones and the epitaphs
New sub. I know exactly where you're at. We went every summer. I grew up in Mars.
Thanks for the sub! It's a great place, for sure!
Great video new sub thanks
Thanks for the sub!
Years ago I used Cody's booklet and found 10 of 11 cemeteries listed. If anyone goes make sure you use tick repellent and go before the greenery grows up. Happy hunting!
I spreyed down with DEET, but still had 3 ticks on my when I got back in the car!
there is a very old unmarked cemetary about 3/4ths out in the woods behind my house, wish they weren't so weathered
Weathering is an unstoppable force!
Very interesting video, Adam. I, too, am fascinated by old cemeteries. I found out only a few years ago of a cemetery at the site of a long gone Catholic Church only 2 miles from my house. When I first went looking for it I had only vague directions. I stopped at a house that I thought was probably close to it and asked a person out in the yard if they knew where it was. They said the only cemetery they knew of was 4 miles away, which is where my Dad is buried. Several weeks later, after more research, I found the cemetery. It is only about 500 yards from the house of the people I asked. They had no idea the cemetery is practically in their backyard. I thought that was rather odd and amusing.
By the way, nice choice of background music for this. It’s quite appropriate and doesn’t overpower your narration. Thank you.
Pronunciation of Zion is as one word and is Zion like Zion park in Utah. You weren’t required to have a midwife! You were lucky to have a knowledgeable woman or women there to help a birthing mother through what was the most dangerous day or days in her life. (Still is since dying during or immediately after bearing a child can still be deadly)
Any Mc Curdys out there
THE ORGAN MUSIC IS TERRIBLE, OTHERWISE,
I ENJOYED THE VIDEO. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT
ABOUT THERSE CEMETERIES? WHEN I WAS A
KID, WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THE SUNKEN GRAVES
IN A SMALL PLOT OFF OF LITTLE SEWICKLEY CREEK
ROAD. IT WAS AN UNMARKED CEMETERY THAT DID
HAVE SUNKEN AREAS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN GRAVES.
THEY WERE EITHER REINTERED, SOMEWHERE ELSE OR
ACTUALLY SUNKEN IN FROM TIME GONE BY.
It would be nicer if you would read the headstones. They say if thier names are never said again they die again
I thought about that, but part of my intention was to get people out to explore the graves themselves. Also, I wanted to put more focus on the cemeteries rather than the individuals buried there. Some of the oldest graves I went into details, but the most recent ones I tried to avoid for the living descendants' sake.