Haunted Abandoned Cemetery ~ Victims of Tragic Flood

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[@lillylove3508]

I remember years ago, my husband and I was driving around, it was getting late so we decided to drive into a side road and camp (you can camp anywhere for 3days here). It was completely dark as we set up our tent, we fell asleep immediately. Next morning we woke up to birds singing, I went out and guess what I saw! Gravestones everywhere. We had put our tent on top of old graves and by pure luck not stumbled on any of the stones. I said my humble excuses to the dead, asked them to forgive us and thanked them for a peaceful sleep. Old graves are fascinating, especially if you have brought a smart phone too. When I see so many died at the same time or within years I can google and find out what happened. Maybe there was famine, or the Black Plague or a hard winter or a war I didn’t know of. It tells us about times where people didn’t live for long, where many died in child birth and many children and babies died to common diseases. My interest for finding out more about my ancestors cane from looking at grave stones. I’ve dedicated years to it. Do you know the series Vikings? That are my direct ancestors. Thank you for the video!

[@pauloricardodaluz297]

oi

[@Janice-uu2hc]

Thanks for sharing your story, I love reading other peoples experiences.

[@debrapaulino918]

My 2nd G.Grandpa lost two wives. The 2nd wife is my 2nd G.Grandma. His first wife definitely passed from childbirth coz the baby lived 7 months. Mine was aged 30 and there's two male graves with same name one of which was hers or both were, Idk. My 2nd G.Grandpa never remarried. It was rough.

[@billjobes1851]

Very interesting history lesson. Who could imagine way back then, that 170 years after the tragic loss of life that their names would be uttered and kept alive via modern technology. The Wests and Goulds may have lived in relative obscurity, but your video, in a way, has made them immortal for all time. Anyone, anywhere in the world can reach back in time to learn about that ill-fated hamlet in the Pennsylvania woods.

[@spongehead1354]

We will all be immortal in the Lords kingdom!

[@littlebirdie2]

Bill Jobes Well said!

[@daveperryman291]

Can you imagine what they would think of this technology a century and a half later.

[@radioactivelarry]

Patriotic Order Sons of America was founded in 1847. The guy was a patriot.

[@hedylamarr1688]

Yeah I thought Itmight be something like Daughters of the American Revolution ..thats cool ..thanks!!

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Take care of yourself please be careful and be safe pandemic

[@MikeEgypte]

Here it is. I was going to post it again. Maybe you could pin this to the top so it will stand out.

[@brg9085]

Love how someone went througg and placed artificial roses on all the graves I could see on the area

[@danielcain1118]

They may be gone but it's nice to see someone has remembered them with flowers and the flag 170 years later.

[@karencaddle7288]

Patriotic Order Sons of America.

[@vikkinicholson2300]

he died the year my house was built. hmmm.

[@bdh3949]

One of the longest-lived patriotic fraternal groups in America.

[@royramey5659]

@@bdh3949 That why they had a lot of children in those days

[@loralouise3865]

I collect pins, badges and emblems of various clubs and orders. I have a pin from this one as my Grandpa belonged. I enjoy my unusual hobby. Unfortunately, many of the clubs and orders have since gone by the way side. Less and less people are joining clubs and volunteering. People have changed the way they spend their free time. To be honest, I think we have less free time now than we did over 150 years ago.

[@stevew6910]

The Patriotic Order Sons of America was organized December 10, 1847 to preserve the Public School System, The Constitution of the United States, and our American way of life. It was incorporated by an Act of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, February 27, 1867. He belonged to camp 341 The Patriotic Order Sons of America is an American patriotic fraternal society that traces its origins to the anti-alien riots of the 1840s. Found in 1847 in Philadelphia,[1] the P.O.S. of A. once had "camps" or chapters in 20 states. At its peak, there were more than 600 camps nationwide. Today, the society maintains a presence only in Pennsylvania where it has 14 camps. The national headquarters are in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Order_Sons_of_America www.nationalposofa.org/

[@rhonda5711]

WoW that poor man losing all those children and his wife! Very interesting history lesson indeed. Keep safe out there :)

[@karenpacker8862]

Love that you know the history of the places you take us too. It is tragic and too many children died. They sure lived in a rougher time!!!

[@hauntedbearchild]

I live in the area and have been there. Yes, there's a ghost tale associated with Oct. 30 each year and it says you can hear the mother calling for her children. Last time we visited the cemetery there weren't just plastic flowers but many stuffed animals for the children, which were all dirty and messy. I stopped into the ranger office and asked them if anyone comes and cleans it up. They said they do that periodically. They don't want it vandalized and keep an eye on it as best they can, so it's not really abandoned as long as someone is caring for it. In addition, a few of the men buried there were killed by Indians back in the 1700s. One of those gravestones was lying against a tree as it had dislodged. They were going to fix it.

[@YsabetJustYsabet]

Have to admit, when you were talking about Lizzie, I kept expecting a young girl to peek around from behind the huge tree at your back..... Very interesting video; thank you!

[@dianestephenson]

I love old cemeteries and enjoyed this video. I noticed a lot of the stones had red flowers by them and wondered who would put them there. Love the history too.

[@williamkeith8944]

Descendants leave flowers

[@dianestephenson]

@@williamkeith8944 Just wondered why they all looked the same. I have never seen flowers left at gravesides that are that old.

[@Dan-n-Duke-jr2ic]

Sometimes there are people who volunteer their time to upkeep old gravestones and cemeteries, usually you hear them doing it for veteran graves but God Bless them!

[@shellybay817]

Poppies are red and the tribute to veterans

[@georgezink6338]

Yes .grave stones.ARE TIME MARKERS .WHEN IT WAS THEIR TURN TO BE HERE. IVE KNOW A LITTLE GIRL.IN OHIO .LINDA EKIE.DIED FROM LEKIMIA .AGE 8 18X8..HER SPIRIT VISITED OUR HOMESTEAD .FROM 1947 TILL I LEFT HOME IN 1966..MOM SAID. SHE NEVER CAME BACK AFTER I WDNT INTO ARMY

[@Carolbearce]

Such a sad time for Mr West to lose is whole family in such a short time. I love it that you read the tombstones. Who know the last time their name was said out loud.

[@skiprocker5751]

I was born and raised in Nazareth. My buddies and I would run all over the same areas checking everything out. We used to call it "Time to cruise". Eastern PA is absolutely beautiful. You need to hit Gettysburg. Love the videos, makes me homesick. 611 through Easton down to Philly has some great stopping points. Wink wink

[@benbox7329]

Great park. That's where my wife and I were engaged. The boulder feild is awesome

[@Cindy1956ful]

Do you travel around the country or stay local? One you may be interested in is Peshtigo, Wisconsin. It was the scene of a horrific fire in 1877. An estimated 1,500-2,500 people are buried here in a mass grave. It has been forgotten about in history because it was overshadowed by another great fire that same week-The Chicago Fire.

[@helencheadle5285]

Sorry...meant to appreciate the gesture made by someone who came and left flowers at each grave..touching and I’m Sure appreciated by the families .they led such tragic lives losing so many children and their homes in one fell swoop...however do you Pick yourself up again after that ...losing so much and all that pain. Bless them all, and rip. 🌹🌹🌹

[@janineharrison5186]

I have always been fascinated by cemeteries. I used to volunteer to clean them up as a kid.

[@beverlybelcher3423]

Good morning. I am just now watching this video. I do appreciate and enjoy your videos! My ancestors / family settled in Pennsylvania. Your videos give me a sense of connection with those long ago ancestors. I remember my Mother talking about the Johnstown Flood. You videos make history come alive.

[@leeallen3202]

How sad, that graveyard has so many young children.

[@stevewilliams788]

Fun fact.....a graveyard is adjacent to a church, cemeteries can be anywhere.

[@richardknack968]

Not an unusual thing, and part of why people had large numbers of kids, back in the old days. Before there were vaccines and antibiotics and antiseptic surgery, it was not unusual for children to die. Epidemics were especially rough on them - my wife just did some research into her family, and one of her ancestors lost five children within a year to disease back in the 1800's. FUN FACT: Charles Darwin lost his favorite child to disease, and that is what prompted him to come up with his theory of evolution: he could not understand how a loving God could let his, Darwin's, child die (he had a rather large ego, so he took it as a personal affront), so he tried to 'write God out of the picture'.

[@7rippster7]

Interesting that someone seemed to have left flowers in some of the graves.

[@Marsha0364]

Glad I came across your channel great video! My family is from Johnstown, I've heard a lot about the great flood they have had there too, I've been to the Inclined Plane and it looks out over the valley where the damn broke, it's really something to see plus in Grandview Cemetery the Mass Grave of Johnstowns Dead , for people unknown around 800 graves with a huge beautiful monument. So sad and tragic for both floods!

[@glenturney4750]

It's sad, but a lot of those people who died so young back in the 1800's, they died from sicknesses like, yellow fever, small pox, pneumonia, scarlet fever, plagues, infections, the flu, etc. They didn't have vaccines for those types of things, so many died. 😕

[@KayleenTkaczyk]

They don’t have vaccines for those things except a very small percentage who get small pox (like military) and the flu (that’s a complete joke.. it’s always the wrong strand lol.) proper hygiene, clean water and modern medicine (antibiotics, iv’s etc) is really what changed for these illnesses, there are no vaccines for the other illnesses you mentioned.

[@sirismart9541]

Sad they died so young. 😢💔 They didn't have Penicillin & antibiotics. 💉💊

[@glenturney4750]

@@sirismart9541: It's sad. Penicillin was eventually discovered by accident in a laboratory. Too bad it wasn't sooner. 🙁

[@JohnEZang]

Lot of youth died from infections, bad water, food, etc. in those times. They didn’t understand bacteria yet. Lot of surgeons would wear the same clothes through multiple surgeries without an apron or anything. Death rates for babies went way down after people started using better hygiene and disinfectants were used.

[@stephaniehowe0973]

There is a Vaccine for Yellow Fever, pneumonia, and small pox which they irradicated. As I was born in 73 & dont have the scar There so many vaccines for what killed people then. Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Consumption, Polio

[@hankfacer7098]

From outside the US, with many distant cousins in PA I found your video extremely interesting and educational. Thanks from OZ

[@marleneestabrook1999]

wow noisy traffic loved hearing the history of the cemetery sounds like the town was devastated by the flood thanks for taking me along

[@ladyjane9980]

Beyond the flood durring that era, there was Cholera, Consumption, Scarlett Fever, Rheumatic Fever, Small Pox, Pneumonia and the list goes on.

[@irenecypher8423]

Thank you for sharing the history behind the graves and cemetery. It's very interesting and I really enjoy it.

[@geraldsomeone7675]

Thank you for your time, intellect, and for sharing with everyone. 👍

[@reneereb6499]

Wow, I have been camping several times at Hickory Run and never knew that was there. Thanks for the history.

[@brendakrieger7000]

Same here. Never knew about the graveyard

[@terryberndt4443]

Appreciate your hard work

[@giniwalters8401]

Great adventure Cliff!!! I enjoyed this video!!! Walking in cemeteries looking at the head stones is very interesting!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@sergiosilva3164]

Deus ti abençoe sempre Gini!

[@giniwalters8401]

@@sergiosilva3164 I only know english language

[@sergiosilva3164]

@@giniwalters8401 God bless You Always!

[@giniwalters8401]

@@sergiosilva3164 thank you and God bless you always too

[@BeeWOWdbyAprilLee]

I loved spending time in cemeteries when I was growing up. I grew up in Nescopeck pa. There is a small cemetery up on the hill if you turn on broad street off of route 93. And when you get to the rifle range you turn left. And you will see it on the right. Would love for you to make a video on that one. It's definitely a haunted cemetery. It's called Forrest lawn cemetery.

[@lmldolz5993]

Really enjoy your videos! Love the ones about the old cemeteries. Thank you!

[@michaelm5601]

Good Blog, I appreciate the background info on the West Family. Thanks for taking the time and caring.

[@bfreehling2869]

There is an old burial site in my area by a really old abandoned limestone mine in west Winfield, pa During the influenza epidemic of 1917.. mostly workers of the mines, there were so many deaths they buried them all in mass grave. It’s a historic landmark and has a sign explaining all of this.

[@judyjohnson3157]

Enjoyed your video very much. I love looking at old headstones. Alot of history in that cemetery. Tragic that some family's lost almost everyone. It us a very peaceful place. Thanks for sharing.

[@MONDOdocs]

You totally inspired me to go out and find this cemetery since it's sort of close by. Also, your videos are just awesome and full of so much information.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi, such a sad loss of life when your life is taken from you so young. I love listening to the history, Pennsylvania is a very interesting, historical state and a very beautiful one too. Thank you for sharing. x

[@kathycasey9153]

Pennsylvania is indeed rich in American history. Civil War battles and families devastated. That was a time of brave people!

[@Dan-n-Duke-jr2ic]

Although PA has its share of history sprinkled from the revolutionary war to civil war, I think I'd rather live in a southern state where you have old plantations, more civil war skirmishes and battles on every street corner it seems

[@brendakrieger7000]

I love Pennsylvania. I was born and raised there. I moved to Texas 7 years ago. I miss it 💔

[@sergiosilva3164]

Deus ti abençoe sempre Sue!

[@SueGirling68]

@@sergiosilva3164 Deus abençoe você também

[@whatsthedealwithdanny3913]

interesting and tragic story. I was pulling for the ghost to show up. lol

[@thecoolchannel6431]

Ghosts aren't real

[@gayeyount7948]

Me too and to the post below. Yes they are. I've encountered several.

[@colbycarter5625]

@@thecoolchannel6431 incorrect. Too may societies across space and time and separate by languages believe in ghosts for them to be fake.

[@JamesSmith-vz6ry]

I greatly enjoy your ventures. I like you do your research prior to visiting your intended area. Sharing facts and not speculation adds validity to you videos.

[@Reneelwaring]

The Shades of death is an incredible story that bears repeating. Also, I know a really, really interesting grave site in Clearfield County that you might be interested in, the woman is buried near the top of a hill, high enough to be in the ancient pine trees. Buried alone as far as you can tell with a perfect sandstone tombstone and she is entombed in stone. We think she was Native American, wife of Peter Young who was a fur trader and sold spirits to those that could afford it. It is one of the most peaceful places to visit. There are graveyards on both sides of the hill that she could have been buried in but no, she is in a much better, safer place.

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Children were so much more fragile back then. So sad. I'm with you on the ghosts a big no for me

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Children weren't more fragile than they are now but medicine is more available. There were many more children back then too, so it just seems they were more fragile.

[@raynonabohrer5624]

How sad ! Poor little girl. Thank you you are preserving history.

[@april3083]

You say" ice cream" all the ghost kids follow. lol

[@martyjones9374]

Nice little peaceful cemetary even with the traffic in background. Very sad history especially with young children. Thanks very much for remembering them and sharing with us.

[@janwatt3537]

Did anyone else hear a small girl singing around 14:00? Previously he mentioned a family there visiting the cemetery, too.

[@theinkbrain]

I heard voices or echoes of voices. Could have been highway traffic - not sure.

[@michelleferguson5665]

I heard it too and then I thought it was just me so I thought I'd see if anyone made any comments on it... Happy to know someone else heard it too.

[@michelleferguson5665]

I listened to it with earbuds and it sounds like an older lady saying help me.. help me

[@americanqueen2857]

I heard it too creepy

[@b8ascrub]

Yeah! Creepy noises for sure!

[@edithdavis2848]

Cliff you take us to the most marvelous places, that is so beautiful there. The story is so sad. Jp and allen need to go there for a ghost hunt.

[@nickmad887]

Always a good video ,Thanks Cliff.

[@alexandria8255]

Hi Cliff, great find! Ya need to be there in the dark cam light on phone turned on for video and you will see stuff like orbs...I see a lot in my room at night whilke watching tv I will do film clips and see orbs go zooming past some times they are really slow...I doesn't scare me. I think of them as deceased family members visiting me. :)

[@Jes_yeswith1S]

I love old cemeteries but they are so sad. I would rather be there also other than wandering around elsewhere. Thank You for the video!!

[@bear-headstudios1212]

Hickory run , we live down the block , amazing place

[@donnaklingbeil4468]

Thanks for the history lesson! I find old cemeteries fascinating and sad at the same time. I can't imagine what it would have been like to lose so many children. Heartbreaking. Great find!

[@sergiosilva3164]

Deus ti abençoe sempre Donna!

[@brendashelby5593]

I love old graveyards i like walking in them they are peaceful and my daughter and I try to find their history too

[@alicedevers9946]

Another great video! I love these!!

[@tolerancexaero4727]

love what u do. be safe now. peace.

[@johnkelsey2482]

Great research on this one....Thanks...

[@leyann8499]

I heard the kids @1400 & 1445 also. It sounded like girls doing a chant game. Like where u clap ur hands together? I love visiting old/pioneer Cemetaries. Williamsburg, Va, was the most disturbing. So many solders killed in battle, ingraving on headstones were worn off, name obscured, their names will never be mentioned. Out here in Wa, there's pioneer cemeteries. If u see tall, tower-like headstones, my Aunt called them 'the little lambs'. They are the babies lost, back in the 1800s. So sad.

[@marybetz1775]

Love ❤️ history. Thank you 😊 Cemeteries are filled with so much history.

[@waynebibey9727]

Enjoying your videos :) the traffic sounds like flood waters!

[@lindamccaughey8800]

Fantastic, such a sad story. Really enjoyed that. Should have JP there with you

[@crystalfabulous]

Wonderful video. Thanks

[@donnicholas7552]

Nice peaceful cemetery. Sad, but interesting!

[@rosseganjr9402]

Great video I haven't heard of this tragic event but very sad

[@tinagomez7879]

Great video,,you keep there memory alive by speaking there names,, awesome

[@bluewren8134]

Just found you, love these videos.

[@jeffmoore3449]

Lizzy corrects you @ 15:13 by saying "I'm here!"

[@hollymak2482]

Cool, I love exploring old cemeteries

[@Dulcimertunes]

Same!

[@jeniw8586]

Nice place. I like the background history you provide before and during your visit.

[@JW_Morris]

Love this history. Very cool. Thank you for sharing.

[@greybeard7121]

First I've seen your video and I really enjoyed it. So glad we didnt see that little girl, that would 've been unbearable knowing the tragic story. Thank you so much for sharing the story.

[@alansmith4734]

You should visit the Harrisburg Capital Building. Lots of living dead there!

[@AnniePA1960]

😂😂😂 you know it!! From York

[@alansmith4734]

@Eat the socialist Zombies can't swim! Eat some Turkey Hill Ice Cream for me, Please! Black Raspberry. Om Nom Nom. Not Sold in Texas.

[@RevengeOfTheApocalypse]

Interesting! I’ll have to check this place out some time since it’s close to me

[@jackielammather7087]

Great video Cliff...always love the great History lesson!!! Do you ever go on a Ghost Hunt with JP? 😬

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Haven't done that

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 did you get any evps from that cemetary?

[@treenabischak5384]

Loving the cemetery videos Cliff!! We hope the school year is off to a good start for you!! XO T. 😊

[@alineradventureswithsimons79]

New fan of your channel. One more spot for me to visit when I get o Hickory Run. I'll check to see if there's a geocache nearby. Thanks for sharing.

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

Curious. That massive tree behind you at Elizabeth is old enough to have been there while the flood occurred.

[@markpowell602]

Loving your videos , ever been to any old graveyards here in the U.K. ?

[@tamianderson123]

Great video, thanks!

[@kimholt9158]

I hear that pumpkin hollow in Tahlequah Oklahoma is haunted

[@angiewanders7272]

Interesting!! Thank you for a history lesson!!

[@sergiosilva3164]

Deus ti abençoe sempre Angie!

[@notenoughprepping]

Very interesting, old grave yards are cool.

[@jhingbangayan762]

Thanks for mentioning people walking around D coz I thought it was the spirits..... Thank you for what you do. Atlist for a long time theu will not be forgotten..... God bless you always.

[@sergiosilva3164]

Deus ti abençoe sempre jhing!

[@denisebrucato9073]

I really love your videos. Especially of this old graveyard. So much tragic history. I only wish these places weren't near so much traffic noise. I know you don't have any control over that.

[@eliskagray1546]

My favorite kind of video.

[@cynthiahansen9902]

That was really interesting. Back in that era families were large but so was death. If children hadn't died families would have like 12 kids. Moms and Dad and siblings suffered a lot with loosing family members. Babies just days and a week or two old die. Too bad the headstones were so old they broke. It was very peaceful there even with the sound of traffic. Thank you.

[@robertaghosthaunterinvesti3340]

Good video man.

[@marlenetrimnal4368]

Thank you for You're ghostly spirit story's I've always loved looking at older vintage graveyard's and Beautiful little girl ghostly spirit story' we're so Truly cool Thanks so very much!

[@sabermoon5393]

Cool! I keep hoping someone good (like you!) does a tour of the Barclay Cemetery in Franklin TWP, Bradford County. It's about all that is left of Barclay PA.

[@bradroberts6447]

I catch myself saying, well, I'm yapping. Thanks for the phrase.

[@nitay8248]

Love old cemeteries! Love history!❤️❤️

[@kimw9340]

Nice park I'm right down the road beautiful falls

[@907nvl]

One great video 👍

[@strangementalitypaperYT]

I'm from TX, and usually those tiny unmarked stones indicate slave burials. So sad! 😢

[@nickmad887]

Great video Thanks

[@mwblackbelt]

I really don't like loud vehicles either, especially in places where it's supposed to be peaceful. Harshes my mellow.

[@ohmeowzer1]

thank you i really enjoyed this ..no ghosties 👻👻👻👻

[@chrisgray8774]

The views, likes and comments are as crowded as the park. The word "haunted" brings them in. I do like the background view even such a short distance from the road.

[@beverlybelcher3423]

Another comment from me. My paternal ancestor , the first person to bring over my family name, came over on the ship Phoenix and settled in Lehigh Furnace. One of his sons migrated to Westmoreland County. So, like I mentioned, your videos help me visualize my ancestors lives and the struggles they faced. Thank you so much!

[@shapumawildcat]

Sad history. thanks x

[@airbubble.]

Lizzie Gould was the daughter of Isaac Gould, whose family owned the sawmills, using the dams that caused the flood. Isaac, Samuel and Stephen Gould. Samuel's house was the manor house on top of the hill, (above the park office) later owned by General Harry Trexler who bought up all the land in 1918, which is now the state park. Jacob West was the blacksmith for the town which eventually burned down in 1875, again as a result of the forests being used for lumber and tanning, causing forest fires.

[@marydugan3399]

Interesting video thanks

[@snowstormyman]

Hi From Sweden! Thanks for sharing your amazing and interesting videos. //Mojje ~ Sweden