Graveyard
Tales
Have you
ever wandered around White Salmon and stumbled on the old Pioneer
Cemetery located just north of Bethel Congregational Church and west
of the Seventh Day Adventist Church? The small graveyard is cared
for by the City of White Salmon after SDS Lumber Company cleaned up
the area, placed the fence around the park, added signage and
relocated the headstones to an area where they could be viewed and
respected. Do you know the history behind the tomb stones?
Now you have
the opportunity to learn about the many souls laid to rest in that
Graveyard.
The West
Klickitat County Historical Society, an all-volunteer organization,
is looking for a few people wanting to learn more about our local
history. We need assistance with cast and production personnel to
help us share the stories of the early residents to our area.
Wonderful volunteers have been researching the many individuals
buried here from 1882 – 1920. We have a civil war veteran, 1903
Husum Postmaster, a school teacher, people who died from drowning in
the rivers or logging accidents while working the logs in the White
Salmon River and several who died from diseases we no longer consider
a threat.
Some of the
names of the individuals are Cooke, Groshong, Hansen, Hendrix,
Lauterbach, Purser, Rankin, Thompson, Locke, Willets, Williams,
Wyers, Ziegler and the Knutson family.
Do you have
family history to share with us about these individuals? Would you
like to play their story?
Our actors
will portray first person monologues that tell the story of these
early Klickitat County residents. Many of them arrived here before
Washington was even a state.
Do you have
experience in script writing, checking our primary research, or
producing a small event? We could use your help. The production
will be a fund raiser for the Gorge Heritage Museum May 30 – June
1, 2019 in the evening.
To reach us
email the museum at ghm@gorge.net.
This can be monitored from our homes and we will get back to you in
a timely manner. Enrich your knowledge of local history and have a
great time learning some fun facts about the early history of White
Salmon and the surrounding area.
Submitted by Etta Hepner- GHM
Submitted by Etta Hepner- GHM
