Happy Friday everyone! Today will mark my second installment of "Forgotten Friday". Every Friday I'll post a photo from one of the countless abandoned structures or man-made objects that we have pictures of. It's one of our favorite things to explore on our travels! Please, feel free to join in on Forgotten Fridays by simply adding a "forgottenfriday" tag to your photo(s).
A week or two a go I made a post about the Death Valley ghost town called Rhyolite. (Daily Nature Fix: Boom to Bust - Exploring a Genuine Wild West Ghost Town.) What I didn't cover on that post however, was the iconic (and some what creepy) cemetery on the outskirts of the town. I have a couple photos from here, but I'll break them up over the course of future Forgotten Friday posts. Here's one of my favorites though.
Being there gave a strong sensation of time past. The crazy dry climate and heat of the desert, plus more than a century of sandy wind has worn the wooden grave marker away. There was no longer any legible writing to be seen on it. It was also surrounded by a picturesque wrought-iron fence.
The graveyard was the permanent resting place for some 30ish people that died while living in Rhyolite for the less than 10 years it existed. I believe the sign on the cemetery said it was in use from 1904 - 1912. Very neat place to see and definitely a location well qualified for Forgotten Friday!
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