That was my 2 cousin he was only in his 30s...he grew up in indy and graduated from ball state...his mother grew up in shelburn indana and now lives in avon ind.the globe is also my 2 cousin she had a dregee in spanish eduation she died in a car weack...no one knows why she was driving so fast...hit a tree....lynn is sadly missed also....carrey and lynns mothers are sisters.both lynn was around 44 yrs old...
@@marvinadarby8212 i ask his mom what happened but i didnt get a clear answer...i think he had a heart attack...why i dont know....i had hadnt seen him since he was in high school. Not sure what he was up to..he did have one child...rip carey....
I love cemeteries. I hang out in them and take pictures. I always have since I was a kid. I think these are amazing. 😮 Such an existence for some of these people who have passed on. The bulldog....awesome!!
Hello from New Albany Indiana, born and raised in Indiana. Proud of my Hoosier heritage. I found this so fascinating. Truly enjoy your channel. Thank you, for the upload of your videos. ☺️
Love to see the older gravestones and markers. Such beautiful architecture and craftsmanship that you just don't see today. The Lois Baker Memorial was so cool. Thanks for sharing Roger!
Hello! I love visiting cemeteries. Its a place of peace, quiet and calm. There's so much information on the stones. Im working on my family tree and these are the best places for information! RIP everyone.
I did! It’s very odd that the two most interesting monuments in the cemetery are right next to each other. At Bedfords Green Hill Cemetery, they have several huge globes, about twice the size.
This is right up my wheelhouse Roger. From a young age my Grandma used to take me to cemeteries where we’d watch the squirrels play and she would teach me about our family history. Fairview cemetery in New Albany was a favorite and has many fascinating stories. Really enjoyed this piece! Thanks for sharing and safe travels!
@@AdventureswithRoger Yes, William Borden does seem like an interesting guy! Fairview has my fifth Great Grandfather, Captain Peter Tellon who built steamboats down on the river in the 1800’s in New Albany. No doubt he was either friends or rivals of Captain Frank! lol. History is everywhere!
What a great video. I think you are quickly moving up to the top five list of most interesting channels.… Even if it’s not popular with mainstream UA-camrs. People are really strange aren’t they?
You did a very good job on this one, very respectful and I really enjoyed watching it. Thanks Roger, for another awesome episode, you are the best ✌️🙏🌹💯
Well, Roger you did another doozy . Your stories are always the best. Very interesting, and always bits of good Philosophy! I'm glad you included the woman in Aurora that is buried in her Cadillac. Had never heard the story about her husband being added to grave.
Roger, I’ve been a fan for many years. This was the coolest you’ve done! I am a limestone carver from near Bloomington. These days most of my time is spent repairing and restoring 19th century headstones. So, this vid was “dead on”!
Thank you, Casey! My grandfather, and great grandfather, worked at the quarries in their earlier days. Still have a quarry hat and some pictures of men working. Have no idea what quarry it was, but I suspect it was Peerless.
I love your channel, Roger. I'm a Hoosier, but have lived in Arizona for almost 50 years. My mom and sister are still in northwest Indiana. I just love seeing ALL your videos!! Thank you for all you do
I was born in Indiana and have family that goes back several generations. When you're in the area of Fort Branch, please take a look at Walnut Hill cemetery. It has some great history and unusual headstones. Thanks for this video. I love it.
Hoosiers are eccentric 🙃. This was incredibly interesting. I live in Northern Kentucky and can drive to some of these places. Kewl video. Thanks. 👍☮️🌞🪦
As to the steam engine, He and the engine and his family were very dedicated to the threshermen's reunions of the time. This was also the very engine that he farmed with for his life time. So his family placed it there as his monument. It had been some what kept in a presentable shape until the close relatives also passed. Now it just wastes away over the years. The situation is well known in the local antique tractor/ steam collector circles. It has been discussed that something should be done to save the relic, as that make machine are extremely rare and collectable.
Thank-you, Frank! I was hoping someone would know more than I did! My gut said that it was probably a farmer’s grave. I wondered why the gravestone was never updated, after his wife died. However, I found it’s because she remarried, and is buried with her second husband at Grandview, Indiana.
I went to 1st grade in Dupont . Great video once again Roger ! You never fail to leave me with that urge , to go jump in my car and explore Indiana ! ❤
I personally Love Cemeteries. They Hold so much History. Thank you for sharing these quirky stories. Your Humor made me actually Laugh out Loud. I don't Laugh that much but I do So enjoy a Cheezy sick joke. Thank you again. I wonder if the Stone Cutter Luis Baker is Related to me??? I Loved his Story
My pleasure to share these! I do a lot of walks in cemeteries, the older the better. In Victorian times, people would pack lunches and go to formal cemeteries to admire the ornate and meaningful memorials. For this reason, rich people spent a lot of money, making theirs memorable. That fell by the wayside, with other forms of entertainment, but is making a resurgence. With the development of laser inscription, people are putting a lot more thought into what they leave behind.
I’m a little bit late with this comment but I just watched the video and I was totally surprised when I saw the micrometer monument! I thought man I’ve seen this before and you said DuPont Ind. my mouth fell open in disbelief lol! I’m born and raised in DuPont and have 12 family members buried there! My own plot for my final resting place is less than a 100 ft to the south of the micrometer monument. Wow small world! Love your channel!
Welcome to the channel, Earl! I've been to Dupont several times. My first was in tracing General John Morgan's raid through Indiana. Outside Dupont, there USED to be a sizable wall from prehistoric times. It was estimated to be over 10 feet long and 4 feet high, made of limestone. Pioneers saw an easy opportunity, and used the blocks for homes and bridges! Truly a great, hidden history!
My genealogy has taken me to Indiana in 1826 and from a tiny town, now just unincorporated, of Wayne, Indiana in southern Indiana to Frankfort where the family settled in about 1880.
I've seen Stiffy 's eyes.. next door to the museum where he is now is a place of interest: Square Donuts. there's 1 in Bloomington too... My mom worked there 28 yrs, knew tons of people. My family cemetery is the Johnson Cemetery in Graysville, In. There is a plaque honoring Jane Todd Crawford (1763-1842) after recovering the 1st ovariotomy ever done in 1809!!! She rode a horse 60 miles to get the operation.. I bet there are way to many stories like these just from Indiana to list in a video. Thx for posting!!!
Loved this video, Roger. I've had a fascination with cemeteries for a long time. The art, the history! I love looking at the older names and wonder who that person was. Some of the more unusual stones/memorials I will try to research. Very fascinating I've been to some of the places you've mentioned but will plan trips for the others. Thank you 😊
I stop at cemeteries, everywhere I go! Love the older ones the best. It’s also a fun challenge to do a story and try to locate gravestones that apply. Solid detective work!
We have. A very very beautiful graveyard here in Mcminnville Tennessee. I have never witnessed this happening , but as the story goes. If you sit on top of the only mausoline in the graveyard. Something will push you off of it. Like I said, I have never seen anything happen. And I simply just do not believe it. But if anyone wants to try it. That single mausoleum sits in the Depot Bottom graveyard. McMinnville Tennessee. Even if you just appreciate the beauty.Of graveyards. I would recommend coming here to see it. It is beautiful.
Just found your channel! Interesting since my dad and all of his family are from Indiana. My dad was born in Rising Sun, and my great grandmother's farm was also there. The rest of the family lived in Lawrenceburg and worked for Seagrams. I scanned your videos, but didn't see one on Rising Sun. Looking forward to seeing one!
@@AdventureswithRoger I will indeed check this out! I haven't been back there since I was a kid, I'm 64 now 😟, but I do remember my great grandmother still running the farm! It is indeed beautiful country!
@@markporter6933 I told people that the road along the Ohio River is solid therapy! I’ve driven all along it from Lawrenceburg to Mount Vernon, wherever possible.
I love cemeteries. They are a book of history. Some stories are so unbelievable, I wish I had met the people. I try to imagine what their lives were like. The stones are so imaginative and beautiful.
At my mom funeral i read everything she love she was placed n the wall with her pic. My 2nd mom her aches was spread at sea at her hometown n Boston ❤. My 2nd mom was my bff she was like my mom.
@@missrita1826 We all need goals! 🙂 Here’s a fun fact: in most places across America, after a plot of land is zoned as a cemetery, it is perpetually tax-free, forever. I heard about a person trying to make a cemetery with a “groundskeeper house” in the middle, thus they would never have to pay property tax!
I suddenly find myself wanting to own a bulldog, just so I can name it Stiffy Green, lol. Seriously, though, these were certainly beautiful and intriguing. Thanks for showing them to us.
I live just a few miles from the river view cemetery. It's got a section dedicated to the a battle with the Indians along with a burial mound. It's a really neat cemetery
The Indian mound was my favorite. Reason being: I’ve been to so many places wondering if a hill is a burial mound or not, looking for a sign. On top of the burial mound is an actual sign that says “Indian Mound”. 😂
thanks for the tour of the intersting graves Roger . i do not get creeped out but cemeterys are somber . i had a uncle named Raymond and it is somewhat bleak to see your own name on a tombstone! i used to hike a lot here in central New York and i would come upon lost cemeterys in the woods . maybe i wrote to you about this before i forget. once a old stone from the 1800's read "all is calm so do not weep ,death is not a endless sleep. love's ties are not riven, we shall be together again in heaven" another time and another place i came upon 2 small stones on a hillside. it seemed they were brothers that died in the War between the states. that did hit me a bit.i have been to the Oriskany Battlefield Memorial. it was a mass grave. after the battle the area was so dangerous that no one went there until after the Revolution..a local man Major Clapsaddle is buried there. George Washington had toured the Mohawk Valley area after the war and Oriskany is one of the places he went..once when i was visiting a friend in Arkansa we went to a cemetery in Van Buren where there is a grave in the Fairview(?) cemetery .it is alleged to be a Viking grave it could be as there is a Viking runestone in Heavener Oklahoma not that far from Van Buren which i saw.. as legends grow in folk talk,the grave in Van Buren was thought to contain TREASURE! locals petitioned a court to allow a opening of the grave. the magistrate ordered that about 30 people must witness the opening and if human remains were determined then all the witnesses had to have a paper with their names on it put in the grave and the grave closed at once. a foot was seen and the grave closed so it was done. decades later when archaelogists wanted to open the grave to investigate the Viking aspect the court would not allow a opening despite no record of ownership of the grave existing . if it seems odd that Vikings could have gotten to western Ark/eastern OK , the Mississippi connects with the Arkansas River and the Heavener Runestone Park and the Fairview cemetery are both within walking distance to the Arkansas River. all of this rocked me yours truly Ray Tonns
There are Viking tales all over the Midwest, as well as anecdotal evidence. I believe they made it much further into the North American interior. I like the old graveyards best. Lots of beautiful designs, and lessons to learn.
hello, Terre Haute resident here, and yeah, I still remember being told about Stiffy Green when I was a child as a ghost story. I'm actually kinda surprised that the Pyramid-shaped gravestone wasn't the one on here. We always talk about that one, since it's the first thing you see driving past or going to Highland Lawn Cemetery.
When I went to Highland Lawn, I was laser focused on finding my hero, John Collette. Having found that, I remembered the story about Stiffy, found that one too, before dashing up the road in a hurry. It was only later that I saw a side of the pyramid!
I feel there’s an untold story with John Collette. He was a very intelligent man, and I imagine he knew, that the state would lose his incredible, ancient finds. I speculate that he kept them safe in Terre Haute, but where they are today is anyone’s guess.
I'm a bit sick and I've been thinking about my funeral a lot. I'm considering my tombstone being a table with benches and a chessboard engraved on it. I don't like chess but I have young kids and they love checkers. When I'm gone they can come and visit me and they can tell me about their day while we play checkers and maybe someday chess.
Patrick, that’s an incredible and thoughtful idea! I’ve been thinking about what I’d like mine to be like. It would kind of be nice to know how it turned out.
Those realistic tree tombstones are for members of the Independent Order of Foresters. (Up here in Fort Wayne, there's probably one in nearly every cemetery.) The Foresters are a fraternel organization, like the Masons, or the Knights of Pythias. I'm pretty into graveyards, too. You should come up and visit Lindenwood Cemetery! So many interesting gravesites.
For whatever reason, I’ve always liked cemeteries: they tell so many stories, without saying a word. I’m filming in northern Indiana for a few days, I might stop off at Lindenwood. Are any unusual graves of note?
When i worked in landscaping many years ago in madison we pruned the shrubs of bob hughes (then just his wife) grave. The video footage shows the old big shrubs are gone and replaced with new shrubs. Sad to see he passed last year but is now finally reunited with his wife.
I am an artist and I love to go to graveyards and paint the scenery. They are quiet, Peaceful, The only time I have ever had any problem in a graveyard. It was at the grave of country music singer Dottie West. The only thing I was doing was looking at her headstone. And the odd shape of it. I really cannot believe what the owners of the graveyard did. They threw me out just because I was looking to paint some scenery there. But anyways I got off the subject. Graveyards are very peaceful and restful.
@AdventureswithRoger not right off but when me and my daughter go walking again up there, I'll be sure to take note and come back and leave a comment here!
Many moons ago, I worked a turret lathe. The older fella that was mentoring me, showed me how to measure my parts. “Use these verniers”. I believe those were actually verniers, but mistakenly called these the same thing.
Squire Boone Caverns is pretty awesome, and even better since they expanded the tour and added additional lighting. It, and nearby Marengo, are the two most beautiful caves I’ve ever visited.
UA-camr Scot on Tape recently made a video where a man in South Carolina was buried in his car sitting in the drivers seat, along with all his guns and $100 … odd what people think about.
Crazy how people want to leave a lasting impression! My Grandma and her best friend were talking about how people would go to a funeral, and see people pulling back that little curtain in a casket. “Isn’t that disrespectful? Why do they need to do that? What are they looking for?” So the two elderly ladies came up with an idea. “Let’s give ‘em something to look at!” They wanted to be buried in something very risqué! This was pretty funny considering they were two very religious, church-going types. I don’t know if they actually did it, I didn’t look! 😂
I lost 2 moms cancer ❤❤❤. So death topic r hard a lil . But i love the music. #DisneyDiva ❤ I love Disneyland, i love lucy, 2pac, the color pink, old music and tv show. But my family will remember me for Disneyland and Tiana ❤
Three decades ago, I started by getting a paper map, and circling every “point of interest” for a weekend trip. I got lost A LOT, but man was it a blast! If I was starting all over, I’d definitely do every tour of every show cave (Marengo, Indiana Caverns, Squire Boone, Wyandotte, Upper Twin Cave, Blue Spring Caverns), Clifty Falls, Spring Mills village and museums, Lincoln Boyhood memorial. I’d drive to Leavenworth and see that overlook, wild caves at Bluffs of Beaver Bend, and the jug rock at Shoals. And to wrap it up, drive to Cannelton, and drive along the waterfront, all the way to Evansville: Lafayette Spring, the locks, Eagles Bluff overlook, Christ of the Ohio overlook, Newburghs waterfront and the ancient mounds next to Evansville. And the beauty of it all: everywhere you go, you find new places, and ideas for next trips. 🙂
I don’t think I’ve ever been spooked by any graveyard or cemetery, just places of peace to me. And I’ve been to ones that were deep in the woods, separated from civilization by several miles. At the same time, I haven’t intentionally been to the ones that have a bad reputation.
That monopoly gravestone was really cool. I love how each spot was made about something unique to him.
Lots of love went into that stone, for sure
The Monopoly game was ingenious. I especially loved that every space was an event from his life.
I’ve never seen anything like it before. I imagine that the family had lots of tears and laughs as they made it. Simply a wonderful remembrance.
That was my 2 cousin he was only in his 30s...he grew up in indy and graduated from ball state...his mother grew up in shelburn indana and now lives in avon ind.the globe is also my 2 cousin she had a dregee in spanish eduation she died in a car weack...no one knows why she was driving so fast...hit a tree....lynn is sadly missed also....carrey and lynns mothers are sisters.both lynn was around 44 yrs old...
❤ Way too young.Amazing headstone. What happened to him? ❤
@@marvinadarby8212 i ask his mom what happened but i didnt get a clear answer...i think he had a heart attack...why i dont know....i had hadnt seen him since he was in high school. Not sure what he was up to..he did have one child...rip carey....
@joanhamilton2651 that what made me click.
That Monopoly grave stone is just so cool. It’s for sure one of a kind.
I love cemeteries. I hang out in them and take pictures. I always have since I was a kid. I think these are amazing. 😮 Such an existence for some of these people who have passed on. The bulldog....awesome!!
I’m a big cemetery fan, especially the really old ones. Those seem to have the most meaning and depth of thought. Serenity, and lots to think about. 🙂
It was really amazing how they buried the Cadillac with the casket on top. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure!
Hello from New Albany Indiana, born and raised in Indiana. Proud of my Hoosier heritage. I found this so fascinating. Truly enjoy your channel. Thank you, for the upload of your videos. ☺️
We live in Corydon….practically neighbors 😅
I'm in new albany as well
One of my favorite episodes!
Thank you. Very interesting.
💖 From Australia
Love to see the older gravestones and markers. Such beautiful architecture and craftsmanship that you just don't see today. The Lois Baker Memorial was so cool. Thanks for sharing Roger!
Hello! I love visiting cemeteries. Its a place of peace, quiet and calm. There's so much information on the stones. Im working on my family tree and these are the best places for information! RIP everyone.
Thank you for recording history, especially during a time where so many wish to alter it
Amen to that!
Who is trying to change history
Nice sharing
@@paulawilliams5107 The Left
@@jimmymiller77 😂
I grew up in madison abs I love watching your videos
Did you notice the globe monument next to the monopoly stone? That was also cool.
I did! It’s very odd that the two most interesting monuments in the cemetery are right next to each other. At Bedfords Green Hill Cemetery, they have several huge globes, about twice the size.
What i came to comment. 😊
This is right up my wheelhouse Roger. From a young age my Grandma used to take me to cemeteries where we’d watch the squirrels play and she would teach me about our family history. Fairview cemetery in New Albany was a favorite and has many fascinating stories. Really enjoyed this piece! Thanks for sharing and safe travels!
Fairview has my hero: William Borden. Very cool guy, would’ve loved to have seen his museum, and tagged along on some of his adventures!
@@AdventureswithRoger Yes, William Borden does seem like an interesting guy! Fairview has my fifth Great Grandfather, Captain Peter Tellon who built steamboats down on the river in the 1800’s in New Albany. No doubt he was either friends or rivals of Captain Frank! lol. History is everywhere!
@@indianamichelle7216Very blessed to have moved the southern Indiana!
Great video👍👍👍
My husband and I love the back roads. We commonly stop at old cemeteries. It's an intriguing way to check out some local history.
Born and raised in Borden and I looove your voice and videos
Thank you for sharing. :)
Interesting presentation!
What a great video. I think you are quickly moving up to the top five list of most interesting channels.… Even if it’s not popular with mainstream UA-camrs. People are really strange aren’t they?
You did a very good job on this one, very respectful and I really enjoyed watching it. Thanks Roger, for another awesome episode, you are the best ✌️🙏🌹💯
Thanx again. Thoroughly enjoy your videos and narration.🙏💀and kudos to the judge who upheld Mr. Foote's decision.
Always look forward to your videos, thanks Roger!
My pleasure, Ryan!
Thanks for the great history!
What interesting burial stories! Love the steam tractor grave! Interesting tales for sure!
Excellent good job.
Thanks for bringing history alive!
Well, Roger you did another doozy . Your stories are always the best. Very interesting, and always bits of good Philosophy! I'm glad you included the woman in Aurora that is buried in her Cadillac. Had never heard the story about her husband being added to grave.
I had to know what happened to him, and if they’d re-open it for his burial! So many forgotten stories! 🙂
left out the girl with dollhouse on cemetery in connersville
@@very5ick112 That sounds like an interesting site. Roger is a Southern Indiana travel site and Connersville is in East Central Indiana.
Well done and well written as always..... love your final scene and message.
Thank-you, Travis!
we enjoy checking out cemeteries and the stories they tell! great video Roger!!!
Your quips are as amazing as the background story of these gravestones. It was a surprisingly fun episode.
Awesome video! You gained a new subscriber and fellow cemetery lover❤❤❤❤
I keep looking for more, no matter where I travel! 🙂
Roger, I’ve been a fan for many years. This was the coolest you’ve done! I am a limestone carver from near Bloomington. These days most of my time is spent repairing and restoring 19th century headstones. So, this vid was “dead on”!
Thank you, Casey! My grandfather, and great grandfather, worked at the quarries in their earlier days. Still have a quarry hat and some pictures of men working. Have no idea what quarry it was, but I suspect it was Peerless.
I love your channel, Roger. I'm a Hoosier, but have lived in Arizona for almost 50 years. My mom and sister are still in northwest Indiana. I just love seeing ALL your videos!! Thank you for all you do
My pleasure, June! Bringing Indiana to the world, one video at a time!
As an avid Monopoly family, that stone was awesome!
I love visiting cemeteries.
Hey 👋🏼 Roger! I missed this part 1 - going to watch this today. I noticed you just uploaded part 2 … thanks 🙏🏼
Wish I could’ve found all of them on one trip, for one video! 🙂
Amazing gravestones
LOVE your video! Content, production, and your voice is extraordinarily professional!
Again, interesting as usual. Thanks and keep up the good work
Another great video Roger, thanks for putting in the time and effort
My pleasure, Whitney!
I was born in Indiana and have family that goes back several generations. When you're in the area of Fort Branch, please take a look at Walnut Hill cemetery. It has some great history and unusual headstones. Thanks for this video. I love it.
Was just south of Fort Branch, a few months back. Met some really nice people!
Another amazing video!!. The background music reminds me of watching videos in history class or old school history Channel clips!!! It's amazing!! Lol
“Nostalgia” 🙂
Daniel Boones sister and her husband buried in Putnam County gravey yard . They actually lived in the woods behind it
Loved this!! So interesting! I hope you do more of these videos.
Working on a huge documentary at the moment. What kind of things do you like to watch?
Hoosiers are eccentric 🙃. This was incredibly interesting. I live in Northern Kentucky and can drive to some of these places. Kewl video. Thanks. 👍☮️🌞🪦
We are quite the silly bunch! I just finished filming part two, yesterday, and there are quite a few to share!
As to the steam engine, He and the engine and his family were very dedicated to the threshermen's reunions of the time. This was also the very engine that he farmed with for his life time. So his family placed it there as his monument. It had been some what kept in a presentable shape until the close relatives also passed. Now it just wastes away over the years. The situation is well known in the local antique tractor/ steam collector circles. It has been discussed that something should be done to save the relic, as that make machine are extremely rare and collectable.
Thank-you, Frank! I was hoping someone would know more than I did! My gut said that it was probably a farmer’s grave. I wondered why the gravestone was never updated, after his wife died. However, I found it’s because she remarried, and is buried with her second husband at Grandview, Indiana.
Going through withdrawal! Eagerly anticipating your next videos. 😁
I went to 1st grade in Dupont . Great video once again Roger !
You never fail to leave me with that urge , to go jump in my car and explore Indiana ! ❤
Plenty of great stops and good weather on the way!
I personally Love Cemeteries. They Hold so much History. Thank you for sharing these quirky stories. Your Humor made me actually Laugh out Loud. I don't Laugh that much but I do So enjoy a Cheezy sick joke. Thank you again. I wonder if the Stone Cutter Luis Baker is Related to me??? I Loved his Story
My pleasure to share these! I do a lot of walks in cemeteries, the older the better. In Victorian times, people would pack lunches and go to formal cemeteries to admire the ornate and meaningful memorials. For this reason, rich people spent a lot of money, making theirs memorable. That fell by the wayside, with other forms of entertainment, but is making a resurgence. With the development of laser inscription, people are putting a lot more thought into what they leave behind.
Love this. I live in Vincennes indiana. They also have many old stones. Thank you for this.😊
My pleasure, Karen! 🙂
I’m a little bit late with this comment but I just watched the video and I was totally surprised when I saw the micrometer monument! I thought man I’ve seen this before and you said DuPont Ind. my mouth fell open in disbelief lol! I’m born and raised in DuPont and have 12 family members buried there! My own plot for my final resting place is less than a 100 ft to the south of the micrometer monument. Wow small world! Love your channel!
Welcome to the channel, Earl! I've been to Dupont several times. My first was in tracing General John Morgan's raid through Indiana. Outside Dupont, there USED to be a sizable wall from prehistoric times. It was estimated to be over 10 feet long and 4 feet high, made of limestone. Pioneers saw an easy opportunity, and used the blocks for homes and bridges! Truly a great, hidden history!
Thank you Roger!! Everything you do is so interesting and amazing!! Elizabeth Voris
Thank-you, Betty!
Another terrific video Roger!! things in my back yard.....who knew...
Awesome video! Intro is perfect.
This was done really well,ya made me hit Subscribe.
Welcome to the adventure, Bernadette!
Roger, once again you have brought another interesting video. Thank you. ❤😊
Thank-you, Linda! 🙂
Hi Roger.. I’m from the U.K. just come across this and I found it fascinating.. loved it thank you . 👻
My pleasure! Lots of unusual things in this area. 🙂
"Skyline Chili Binge" on the Monopoly stone...I can relate to that!!
Definitely! I was incredibly excited when we got one at New Albany.
My genealogy has taken me to Indiana in 1826 and from a tiny town, now just unincorporated, of Wayne, Indiana in southern Indiana to Frankfort where the family settled in about 1880.
I've seen Stiffy 's eyes.. next door to the museum where he is now is a place of interest: Square Donuts. there's 1 in Bloomington too... My mom worked there 28 yrs, knew tons of people. My family cemetery is the Johnson Cemetery in Graysville, In. There is a plaque honoring Jane Todd Crawford (1763-1842) after recovering the 1st ovariotomy ever done in 1809!!! She rode a horse 60 miles to get the operation.. I bet there are way to many stories like these just from Indiana to list in a video. Thx for posting!!!
Loved this video, Roger. I've had a fascination with cemeteries for a long time. The art, the history! I love looking at the older names and wonder who that person was. Some of the more unusual stones/memorials I will try to research. Very fascinating
I've been to some of the places you've mentioned but will plan trips for the others. Thank you 😊
I stop at cemeteries, everywhere I go! Love the older ones the best. It’s also a fun challenge to do a story and try to locate gravestones that apply. Solid detective work!
We have.
A very very beautiful graveyard here in Mcminnville Tennessee. I have never witnessed this happening , but as the story goes. If you sit on top of the only mausoline in the graveyard. Something will push you off of it. Like I said, I have never seen anything happen. And I simply just do not believe it. But if anyone wants to try it. That single mausoleum sits in the Depot Bottom graveyard. McMinnville Tennessee. Even if you just appreciate the beauty.Of graveyards. I would recommend coming here to see it. It is beautiful.
Love it!
Just found your channel! Interesting since my dad and all of his family are from Indiana. My dad was born in Rising Sun, and my great grandmother's farm was also there. The rest of the family lived in Lawrenceburg and worked for Seagrams. I scanned your videos, but didn't see one on Rising Sun. Looking forward to seeing one!
Hey Mark! I was at Rising Sun a few years ago, made this video:
Rising Sun, Indiana: A Travelers Guide
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@@AdventureswithRoger I will indeed check this out! I haven't been back there since I was a kid, I'm 64 now 😟, but I do remember my great grandmother still running the farm! It is indeed beautiful country!
@@markporter6933 I told people that the road along the Ohio River is solid therapy! I’ve driven all along it from Lawrenceburg to Mount Vernon, wherever possible.
excellent ...
a wonderfully entertaining History Lesson =)
I love cemeteries. They are a book of history. Some stories are so unbelievable, I wish I had met the people. I try to imagine what their lives were like. The stones are so imaginative and beautiful.
Thanks for this great episode.
My pleasure!
At my mom funeral i read everything she love she was placed n the wall with her pic. My 2nd mom her aches was spread at sea at her hometown n Boston ❤. My 2nd mom was my bff she was like my mom.
Thanks for sharing 👍
My mother & I love going exploring different cemeteries. We call it graveyard stomping. It’s sad seeing unkept cemeteries
Lots of fine old cemeteries in Indiana, I’ve enjoyed them all
I love graveyards, they are amazing, beautiful and peaceful. I'm gonna own a graveyard one day.❤😊
@@missrita1826 We all need goals! 🙂 Here’s a fun fact: in most places across America, after a plot of land is zoned as a cemetery, it is perpetually tax-free, forever. I heard about a person trying to make a cemetery with a “groundskeeper house” in the middle, thus they would never have to pay property tax!
Love this ☺️💕
Just found your channel thanks for the video history and story!
Welcome to the adventure, Sylvia!
I suddenly find myself wanting to own a bulldog, just so I can name it Stiffy Green, lol. Seriously, though, these were certainly beautiful and intriguing. Thanks for showing them to us.
Lots of hidden history! And just when I think I found it all, there’s more!
I live in Bedford Indiana!❤
Very interesting video.
I live just a few miles from the river view cemetery. It's got a section dedicated to the a battle with the Indians along with a burial mound. It's a really neat cemetery
The Indian mound was my favorite. Reason being: I’ve been to so many places wondering if a hill is a burial mound or not, looking for a sign. On top of the burial mound is an actual sign that says “Indian Mound”. 😂
thanks for the tour of the intersting graves Roger . i do not get creeped out but cemeterys are somber . i had a uncle named Raymond and it is somewhat bleak to see your own name on a tombstone! i used to hike a lot here in central New York and i would come upon lost cemeterys in the woods . maybe i wrote to you about this before i forget. once a old stone from the 1800's read "all is calm so do not weep ,death is not a endless sleep. love's ties are not riven, we shall be together again in heaven" another time and another place i came upon 2 small stones on a hillside. it seemed they were brothers that died in the War between the states. that did hit me a bit.i have been to the Oriskany Battlefield Memorial. it was a mass grave. after the battle the area was so dangerous that no one went there until after the Revolution..a local man Major Clapsaddle is buried there. George Washington had toured the Mohawk Valley area after the war and Oriskany is one of the places he went..once when i was visiting a friend in Arkansa we went to a cemetery in Van Buren where there is a grave in the Fairview(?) cemetery .it is alleged to be a Viking grave it could be as there is a Viking runestone in Heavener Oklahoma not that far from Van Buren which i saw.. as legends grow in folk talk,the grave in Van Buren was thought to contain TREASURE! locals petitioned a court to allow a opening of the grave. the magistrate ordered that about 30 people must witness the opening and if human remains were determined then all the witnesses had to have a paper with their names on it put in the grave and the grave closed at once. a foot was seen and the grave closed so it was done. decades later when archaelogists wanted to open the grave to investigate the Viking aspect the court would not allow a opening despite no record of ownership of the grave existing . if it seems odd that Vikings could have gotten to western Ark/eastern OK , the Mississippi connects with the Arkansas River and the Heavener Runestone Park and the Fairview cemetery are both within walking distance to the Arkansas River. all of this rocked me yours truly Ray Tonns
There are Viking tales all over the Midwest, as well as anecdotal evidence. I believe they made it much further into the North American interior.
I like the old graveyards best. Lots of beautiful designs, and lessons to learn.
hello, Terre Haute resident here, and yeah, I still remember being told about Stiffy Green when I was a child as a ghost story. I'm actually kinda surprised that the Pyramid-shaped gravestone wasn't the one on here. We always talk about that one, since it's the first thing you see driving past or going to Highland Lawn Cemetery.
When I went to Highland Lawn, I was laser focused on finding my hero, John Collette. Having found that, I remembered the story about Stiffy, found that one too, before dashing up the road in a hurry. It was only later that I saw a side of the pyramid!
@@AdventureswithRoger it was great seeing a familiar place, went to that cemetery a lot.
I feel there’s an untold story with John Collette. He was a very intelligent man, and I imagine he knew, that the state would lose his incredible, ancient finds. I speculate that he kept them safe in Terre Haute, but where they are today is anyone’s guess.
I'm a bit sick and I've been thinking about my funeral a lot. I'm considering my tombstone being a table with benches and a chessboard engraved on it. I don't like chess but I have young kids and they love checkers. When I'm gone they can come and visit me and they can tell me about their day while we play checkers and maybe someday chess.
Patrick, that’s an incredible and thoughtful idea! I’ve been thinking about what I’d like mine to be like. It would kind of be nice to know how it turned out.
Hi Rodgers. Bev from Mitchell Indiana . Went too Bedford .n.Lawrence .
Those realistic tree tombstones are for members of the Independent Order of Foresters. (Up here in Fort Wayne, there's probably one in nearly every cemetery.) The Foresters are a fraternel organization, like the Masons, or the Knights of Pythias.
I'm pretty into graveyards, too. You should come up and visit Lindenwood Cemetery! So many interesting gravesites.
For whatever reason, I’ve always liked cemeteries: they tell so many stories, without saying a word.
I’m filming in northern Indiana for a few days, I might stop off at Lindenwood. Are any unusual graves of note?
@@AdventureswithRoger If I'm not mistaken, the front office provides a list. I'll check that out and let you know.
Can u do more of these please and thank you
In the works! 🙂
When i worked in landscaping many years ago in madison we pruned the shrubs of bob hughes (then just his wife) grave. The video footage shows the old big shrubs are gone and replaced with new shrubs. Sad to see he passed last year but is now finally reunited with his wife.
When I was researching for this one, documentation said he was still alive. I only discovered he’d passed, at the cemetery.
17:49 Rog, that is a micrometer.
@rogertimmons1937 , came to the comments to say the same thing, lol. Machinist know!
@shayker_og I’d like to think I’m like a broken old watch: right at least twice a day. 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger, still loved the video!
@@AdventureswithRoger got to watch it again. Thanks
Still love these videos, if you ever want to do the Scottish rite cathedral in Indy. Hit me up and I can see what will happen.
Been there! 🙂
Masonic Secrets of the Scottish Rite Cathedral (Indianapolis,Indiana)
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I am an artist and I love to go to graveyards and paint the scenery. They are quiet, Peaceful, The only time I have ever had any problem in a graveyard. It was at the grave of country music singer Dottie West. The only thing I was doing was looking at her headstone. And the odd shape of it. I really cannot believe what the owners of the graveyard did. They threw me out just because I was looking to paint some scenery there. But anyways I got off the subject. Graveyards are very peaceful and restful.
I love a good game of Monopoly or a good game of UNO. I'm just saying. Have a blessed weekend everyone
Heinl, flower shop, went out of business one winter when it got so cold, the pipes burst, and the flower shop flooded and they never reopened.
That monopoly monument cost some bucks$$$$$
I’ll bet it did! So much thought went into it, just an amazing tribute
I love Sullivan IN. I come from a family of coal miners from back in the 1920's. Last name Eaton. All buried at Center Ridge Cemetery in Sullivan.
@@cindyshrout2452 It’s very peaceful and quiet out there. I love the feeling of opening my car door and not hearing a single car for miles!
@@AdventureswithRoger Whoever is narrating this has a great radio voice!
Some people love it, some people hate it, but it’s mine! 🙂
As Aurora Shook (and all the Pharaoh's) showed, you can't take it with you, but you can stay with it!
Well, shoot!! I thought Stiffy Green was going to be a newer version of Greyfriar's Bobby in London.
Here in southern ohio, I live right beside a big cemetery here in town. One person's gravestone is a giant smartphone with all the apps he enjoyed.
Now that would be an awesome one to see! Do you remember their name? I’d love to look it up on find-a-grave
@AdventureswithRoger not right off but when me and my daughter go walking again up there, I'll be sure to take note and come back and leave a comment here!
I go to Ohio every now and then. That’s sounds like a great stop!
@@AdventureswithRoger Fairmont Cemetery, Jackson OH is the one. I'll find out that exact grave though this week ;)
Thank you, kindly!
Interesting video, one correction though, that’s not a Vernier caliper, it’s a micrometer.
Many moons ago, I worked a turret lathe. The older fella that was mentoring me, showed me how to measure my parts. “Use these verniers”. I believe those were actually verniers, but mistakenly called these the same thing.
Been to SQUIRE BOON'S cave in indiana his is intered inside the cave, one of the neatest cave I've been in⚰️🪦
Squire Boone Caverns is pretty awesome, and even better since they expanded the tour and added additional lighting. It, and nearby Marengo, are the two most beautiful caves I’ve ever visited.
UA-camr Scot on Tape recently made a video where a man in South Carolina was buried in his car sitting in the drivers seat, along with all his guns and $100 … odd what people think about.
Crazy how people want to leave a lasting impression! My Grandma and her best friend were talking about how people would go to a funeral, and see people pulling back that little curtain in a casket. “Isn’t that disrespectful? Why do they need to do that? What are they looking for?” So the two elderly ladies came up with an idea. “Let’s give ‘em something to look at!” They wanted to be buried in something very risqué! This was pretty funny considering they were two very religious, church-going types. I don’t know if they actually did it, I didn’t look! 😂
I lost 2 moms cancer ❤❤❤. So death topic r hard a lil . But i love the music.
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I love Disneyland, i love lucy, 2pac, the color pink, old music and tv show. But my family will remember me for Disneyland and Tiana ❤
As a resident of New Albany I would love to go on an adventure one of these days.
Three decades ago, I started by getting a paper map, and circling every “point of interest” for a weekend trip. I got lost A LOT, but man was it a blast!
If I was starting all over, I’d definitely do every tour of every show cave (Marengo, Indiana Caverns, Squire Boone, Wyandotte, Upper Twin Cave, Blue Spring Caverns), Clifty Falls, Spring Mills village and museums, Lincoln Boyhood memorial. I’d drive to Leavenworth and see that overlook, wild caves at Bluffs of Beaver Bend, and the jug rock at Shoals. And to wrap it up, drive to Cannelton, and drive along the waterfront, all the way to Evansville: Lafayette Spring, the locks, Eagles Bluff overlook, Christ of the Ohio overlook, Newburghs waterfront and the ancient mounds next to Evansville. And the beauty of it all: everywhere you go, you find new places, and ideas for next trips. 🙂
Cemetery doesn’t bother me. Sometimes it’s rather educational.😊
I don’t think I’ve ever been spooked by any graveyard or cemetery, just places of peace to me. And I’ve been to ones that were deep in the woods, separated from civilization by several miles. At the same time, I haven’t intentionally been to the ones that have a bad reputation.