Crook County Library hosts summer cemetery walks

Crook County Library will be hosting several cemetery walks around the county again this summer, kicking off with the Mt. Moriah Cemetery Walk in Sundance on Thursday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m.

Cemetery walks are a great way to learn more about the history of Crook County and share the stories of our early residents. During the course of the evening we will “visit” a number of “residents” of the cemetery, relate their biographies and share stories or memories about them – at Mt. Moriah we will “meet” Corporal Ira Smith Gordon, John and Annie Johnson, George and Charlotte Ashdown, Roger Lee Myhre, Albert Oakley Banks, James and Amalia Bowers, Francis Roy Crago, Jim Frank Queen, James Julius and more.

They represent a mixed bag of nationalities, backgrounds and professions –a member of the “Buffalo Militia” from Kansas, a member of a Cornwall mining family, a nurse who worked with Dr. Clarenbach, a young man who died in France in 1918, a young woman who died in the insane asylum in Evanston. Some have no descendants in Crook County, some left a legacy of ancestors who continue living here today.

The cemetery walks are open to all and free – an enjoyable way to spend a summer evening – simply meet at the cemetery at 6:30 p.m. Cemetery walks this summer include Mt. Moriah on July 11, Moorcroft Cemetery on July 25, Moore Hill Cemetery near Hulett on August 1, and Greenwood Cemetery off Highway 116 on August 15.

For more information please contact Jill Mackey at 283-1008 or email [email protected]