Soiled Doves, and the Miners Who Loved Them - SILVERTON, COLORADO.

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GRAVES & STORIES FROM THIS LOCATION that we didn't yet find:
1. Lucia Baldesseri - www.findagrave.com/memorial/9...
* Lucia met with a frightful and fatal accident on a late Thursday afternoon.
* As Charles H. Bertram, the dairyman, was driving up Blair Street seated on his wagon loaded high with baled hay, Lucia stopped him to hand some meat up to him.
* During the conversation she climbed up on the brake of the wagon and grasped the roped binding the load.
* Suddenly, the horses bolted and tore down the street, with Lucia hanging on to the rope for dear life.
* The horses raced around the corner into 14th Street, and in front of Squire Watson's residence the load of hay shifted then crashed off the wagon and landed on top of the unfortunate woman.
* She was carried to her home and medical aid summoned, but her injuries were fatal.
* She had broken ribs, crushed lungs and other internal injuries, complicated by the fact that she was about to be 'confined' (give birth).
* She lived in great agony about 30 minutes, then died, along with her unborn child.
2. Mile Bobich - www.findagrave.com/memorial/9...
* Mike died at noon at the home of Pete and Annie Savich after being ill six months with miners consumption and tuberculosis.
* Born in Jugoslavia, he had worked mainly at the Sunnyside Mine for about five years.
* He had no relatives in America, but was thought to have a wife in the old country.
* The funeral was under the auspices of the I.O.O.F. at Miners Union Hall and many of Mike's friends were in attendance.
* Judge Palmquist pronounced the eulogy.
3. Anna Leota “Annie” Bell Damschroder - www.findagrave.com/memorial/2...
* The death of Mrs. Anna Bell Damschroder this morning at Silverton will be sad news to hundreds of Durango people.
* Death was caused by diphtheria with which she was attacked only last Wednesday.
* When the news of her sickness was received in Durango yesterday much anxiety among friends was manifest.
* Mrs. Damschroder had resided in La Plata county at Pine River, and in Durango later, for 22 years.
* She graduated from the high school of Durango, with high honors.
* Her life here had endeared her to an unusually large circle of friends and associates.
4. Mary Gaido - www.findagrave.com/memorial/1...
* Mary died at her home in Silverton after a long illness caused by an affliction of the heart (rheumatic fever).
* She was born in Italy, had lived in Silverton several years and was a student in the Silverton school, until forced to abandon all activities late the previous year.
* She suffered severely from rheumatism more than half her life.
5. Louis E. Ischy - Fell down a mine shaft inscription - www.findagrave.com/memorial/2...
* Fell down a mine shaft in the Silver Lake Mine. “His body was mashed in a terrible shape”.
6. James Mitchell - www.findagrave.com/memorial/1...
* Age 32 Years
* James lived here with his sister, Mrs. Isabella Logan, and her husband, William.
* His wife and family were still back in Ireland.
* Like so many from Europe, he was going to make his career and then send for them.
* James had worked for the Silverton Railroad for some time and was a good and faithful employee.
* His death was caused by a very peculiar accident.
* Working as a coal heaver on the Silverton Railroad, James was walking along the tracks, throwing off rocks.
* When he passed the 'blowout' at about 3:00 in the afternoon, a rock rolled down the mountain and hit him on top of the head, raising a lump.
* His head began to ache, so James decided to quit working, walked a mile and a half into town, and went home.
* His friends thought nothing more of the accident,
* but in the evening, James complained of intense pain, so Dr. Keller was sent for.
* He found nothing wrong with James.
* Ooops.
* James went to bed early, and at 10:30 that night, breathed his last, dying of a severe concussion of the brain.
* His wife and four children still lived in Scotland, where James had been born, and his $2,000 insurance benefits were to go to his widow.
7. John D Lewis - www.findagrave.com/memorial/2...
* John Lewis, James Stevens, Baker and Warren went up to Silver Lake basin to repair the Iowa trom-line
* And yesterday afternoon were working at a point on the line between tower No. 11 and the mine.
* Somewhere between 4 and 5 o'clock, a snow-slide broke from near tho Old Dweller mine above them and bore Mr. Lewis away in its pitiless embrace,
* the other men escaping.
* The slide crashed, then came to a standstill at the bottom of the gulch,
* Mr. Lewis had disappeared under the huge mass of snow and whether living or dead, merely conjecture.
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[@shariberry3123]

At Christmas in Ouray, in the old days, an Italian miner would dress up as Santa, on Christmas Eve he would ride a wooden horse drawn sleigh. He would stop at each child's house where he would leave a gift of fruit, nuts and candy in a bag that he hung on the front doorknob, my friend born there over a hundred years ago, told me about him.

[@violethouseworth5943]

our elders have the most amazing testimonies.Thank you for sharing

[@suze6288]

To speak their names into the wind is to recognize their souls.❤️

[@user-zz3dy6xz4j]

Hi Ron... I am from Irish decent. This cemetery you are showing in Silverton, Colorado, and the story of the young lad who died from getting sucked into the pulley system reminds me of the copper mines some of our relatives worked in. They were miners in the copper mines of Ishpeming, Michigan, and Butte, Montana. My great great grandfather Michael Mulcahy was killed in one of the mines in Ishpeming, MI. His sons, my uncles, left mining for that reason, and went into working in different facets of the railroad in Escanaba. We still have not found out how our grandfather was killed and we do not know where his grave is located. We are still trying to find the information. In another part of our family, one of my many uncles was killed in a mining accident in Butte. He was riding in a cage lift or type of elevator with another miner. When the lift stops at the level you choose to exit on, the lift and gate are supposed to be secured before the cage continues to move upward in the shaft. The two miners stopped at one of the levels for the other miner to exit. The other miner exited and forgot to secure the lift, and my uncle's leg was caught on the way down about 20+ feet in a shaft of hundreds of feet, and he also hit his head. He died 6 days later at the age of 29 years old. We also lost another in Butte, but that is going to take a trip to the Archives there. Your program of Silverton, CO was very telling of the situations these pioneers faced. Many are so sad, but the history, so interesting. Thank you for sharing your travels and the history. 🌷🌷

[@bethfromarkansas7190]

Thank you for sharing your story. 🌹

[@tracysmith7935]

My mother's side of the family (Finnish heritage) had loggers and miners in Ishpeming, Mich and Republic, Mich. Small world.

[@pegs1659]

It is a very beautiful cemetery. Those poor "soiled doves" had a rough life. RIP Ladies💗 Thank you for the tour Ron!

[@veeherreraJanecka]

And that poor 16 year old boy who was lynched. Broke my heart ! All Rest In Peace. 🕊🙏🏽

[@braveandethical]

5th generation Coloradan. They would actually close access to Silverton down in the winter back in those days. Even in the last 30 years, it has been unaccessable for months at a time in winter. A lot of my relatives were miners, and I have some crazy stories. I am a direct dependent of the Marlow brothers from Texas, and they homesteaded north of there by Ouray. When I was a kid, we would spend the summers going to abandoned mines and towns all over the western slope. I'm glad you made it to Colorado. Come back in the fall it's even more beautiful.

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

Interesting!! With all the gates I saw on the highway it looks like they still close it from time to time, I guess you have to

[@terriec808]

Closures on highway 550 north of Silverton to Ouray and south of Silverton to Durango are part of life and usually don't last more than a few days. I've never heard of both ways being closed unless it was a result of a huge snow storm but even then it's cleaned up quickly. It's rare that Silverton gets cut off in both directions and your comment is quite misleading. I grew up there from age 10 to 25.. Every year all year round.. Lived it

[@terriec808]

@@FacesoftheForgotten they close the gates to do avalanche maintenence

[@ruggedmountainhomestead]

This is an amazing cemetery! My husband and I were married in Silverton and visit regularly. The San Juan Historical Society is responsible for the updated headstones and engravings. There is also a book named “Faces of the Flu” that outlines all the victims of the Spanish Flu and gives the burial location in Hillside Cemetery. Amazing history!

[@redrooster1908]

Massively appreciative! Thank you to the people who marked these graves, paid for and labeled all these monuments, and persevered the history for us. And thank you, Ron, for hiking thru thin air for us!! ❤❤❤ 👏 👏

[@Docochoco39]

Thank you, Ron! I’m a Colorado Native, (grew up outside of Gunnison elev. approx. 8,000 ft), and actually rode on the Narrow Gauge train when I was growing up. Thanks for giving good scenic views of one of many of Colorado’s beautiful older mining towns!

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

Right on. And look out for next week, I take you up to Silver Plume - Way way way up in the mountain, big adventure

[@karentrimmer]

I've met a couple of people from the Gunnison area who have not read or even heard of Peter Jenkins, "A Walk Across America," In the second book, "The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2" (Louisiana to Oregon) he spends a year in the Gunnison area, one of the most memorial parts of his journey.

[@ebriggs3498]

@@karentrimmer: great books! Read and loved both of them!

[@elainewoodard2970]

Silverton cemetary was so historic , and wonderful to see that folks were thoughtful enough to place headstones and note the lives of those who pioneered there. Thanks Ron!

[@elizabethvandeventer5487]

Poor ladies, had no choice but to sell their bodies, they hated it so much that they drank themselves to death. So so sad. 😢😢😢😢

[@shar159]

Some were brought in for the purpose of entertainment of the miners. To get them to let loose of their gold.

[@tracyworley1995]

Women had so little choice to actually make a buck back then. If their husband or parents died they were often destitute or starving. What were their choices? One school teacher in town. Couldn't borrow money. Hard to own a business. And you'd better know how to use a gun.

[@linneahite7493]

Sad and short lives these ladies lived. Thanks for making sure they aren't forgotten 💔

[@MichaelaH2059]

I think it's so lovely the way the soiled doves were not forgotten and some of the older headstones have been updated.

[@johnvaars4593]

Hey Ron, Cornwall England was famous for its miners. Many Cornish miners emigrated to the U.S. durring the gold rush to mine gold.

[@user-mb7lq4gx8j]

Came here to say this

[@redrooster1908]

Soiled doves 🕊 🕊 🕊 free birds. Great drone video, Ron 👍

[@stuartwright1587]

Yes, Cornwall is in the UK. Those folks would be called Cornish. For Mr. Robert Evans, he’s Welsh. ER COF AM means “in memory of”, he was from Llanrwst, Wales. BU FARW means “died” May 25, 1898. YN “in” 34 NLWDD DED “years”, 34 years old when he died.

[@bearyhot]

Thank you for this valuable information!

[@joanmatchett8100]

An English telephone box in the middle of nowhere, that's great. We don't have telephone box's in England anymore , not working one's anyway. Lovely to see.

[@helenmcdonnell2585]

I think that's our Tardis Doctor?

[@joanmatchett8100]

@@helenmcdonnell2585 That was a blue police telephone box , l don't actually remember seeing one of them in real life . I love seeing telephone box's in random places.

[@helenmcdonnell2585]

@joanmatchett8100 yes I know it was blue 💙 Dr Who 💙

[@twinkletoes8099]

yes plenty of them still in and around London, the blue boxes are rare to see now though, they were for the police to use and not for public use.

[@joanmatchett8100]

@@twinkletoes8099 There is one red telephone box in the village near me , but it only takes card's. Shame to see most of them go . All the newer call box's have been taken away .

[@krisdeas2999]

Hey Ron, that cemetery is absolutely beautiful...And the scenery is breath taking...Im so jealous....I'm so glad your slowly coming back....

[@amandapanda7878]

throws honey on your face.neer neener

[@naomisgram1]

@@amandapanda7878huh?

[@user-sn1ft4dg8r]

Thanks Ron. Look forward to all you share.

[@mikewinings4120]

I live in creede,it is so beautiful here,I'll never leave😊

[@davidgonzales1541]

Great exercise Ron and I’m subscribed so I got notification 🔔 may the LORD bless you and your family and that you continue for many many more. Thanks for the tour…..keep working and driving those amazing road trips.

[@kellyharper367]

When I was young, my family spent 6 weeks every summer in those mountains. I know that grave yard well. I'm old and disabled now. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking me back there. All my family of origin are dead now... covid 19 took the last of them. I, in turn, took my children there several times when they were young. I've forwarded this to them. I've been a subscriber of yours for a long time. This is manna for my old soul! ❤

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

so awesome that you forwarded this to them...great memories for you there...thanks for being a longtime sub here Kelly!!

[@user-bd4zj5pn2e]

The aerial perspective always makes me think how people are people everywhere...no matter where we go, whatever people eat, or where they live. Everyone has challenges...great or small...whether we are still living or those that have departed and paved the way for us...anywhere on the planet. It is so cool you bring those who have gone before us and their trials and stories. Thank you for that....and the beautiful views!

[@CybrAshley]

i luv that theres a british phonebox randomly

[@RTenneyJr]

Very. nice job Ron. I live 120 miles away and have spent many hours multiple times scouring through there. I never get tired of it. The town does a really good job keeping it up. There are a lot of markers with the 1918 date on them. Silverton was decimated from the 1918 flu. I think 1/3 of the town was lost. When you get back to Colorado another awesome cemetery is in Central City. It is on an overgrown hillside that is not taken care of. It takes hours of scouring through the trees. Don't rush it. Unfortunately Central City has become a gambling town and has lost the historic flair in most places. The cemetery is on the outskirts of town. I camped on the hill above the cemetery several years ago and kept hearing noise and music coming from the cemetery at night before I figured out it was teenagers partying below the cemetery.

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

great note, thanks! interesting.

[@kennithminnich]

Thank you Ron. Some gorgeous country here.

[@conniegiammarco5306]

Love this one. I love how they take care of the past loved ones and redid grave markers. Respect

[@cw8652]

Our “backyard” of 45 yrs. every time simply stunning! Thank you for sharing Silverton. 😊

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

u r lucky!!

[@cynthiawatson6977]

I found this on find a grave: I am not the original poster she is credited at the end of this post along with her resource information: There were eight snowslide deaths in the Silverton area in February and March 1878. Frank and John Green, Jonathan Tomas and James Jewell were deaths five, six, seven and eight. James S. Marshall, James L. Briggs, Peter Mulford and Herman Schober were killed in February. Bill Williams and Tel Graham, who lived in a cabin near the Ajax Shaft on Sultan Mountain, awoke on the morning of March 8, 1878, to find the nearby cabin at the Ajax Shaft was no longer there. The four men who occupied that cabin were also gone. At some time during the night an avalanche had wiped all from the face of the earth. Frank and John Green, along with James Jewell and Jonathan Thomas, had suddenly entered eternity. Help was summoned from town, and fifty men rushed to the mountainside disaster and started digging desperately in the snow, ice, broken timber and debris. They found the cabin was smashed to pieces and the four men who had been sleeping inside it were terribly mangled and crushed. Their remains were dragged to town on hand sleds, and the next day, Saturday, March 9, 1878, a solemn funeral service was held over the remains of the four unfortunate men. On sleds they were pulled up Boulder Mountain to Hillside Cemetery for burial, with all the men in town following." BOOK SOURCE: The Story of Hillside Cemetery, Vol 1, A-L, Revised 1996, pages G-35 & G-36, by Freda Carley Peterson Contributor: Sherri Shepherd (48007665) • [e-mail]

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

wow, great find Cynthia. "They found the cabin was smashed to pieces and the four men who had been sleeping inside it were terribly mangled and crushed." Unreal, the cabin did not protect them at all!! I never would have thought.

[@dianacurry6248]

I can not think of a more beautiful eternal resting place. Thank you Ron

[@gregh6719]

Good video. Corwall Englands Cornish miners were vastly experienced in coal and tin mining. In the 19th century very many wound up here in the U.S.

[@Yzabeaux1]

Ron, the camera quality & clarity is absolutely STUNNING!!! Great choice of camera for sharing your awesome travels with your audience. 😉👍😁🙏🏻

[@naomisgram1]

My grandparents, aunt and uncle and cousins lived in Colorado Springs so visited a lot and got to tour some of the other places and of course walk around on Pikes Peak. Loved it there. Very interesting cemetery, a lot of work was done to research and mark those graves so their stories could be told

[@barricade-wb3wu6ws2u]

Thanks Ron for sharing with us these beautiful gravestones and stories❤🙏

[@lindabrown8076]

Wow Ron fantastic video. Alot of cornish people went to America to work the mines. My uncle was welsh he mined in penselvania. Cornwall is an old tin mining county. Love from the UK 🇬🇧

[@LeahGratiot]

My old stopping grounds! I miss those mountains! ❤

[@lindajung9642]

Beautiful cemetery!! The double grave stones were twins!! So heartbreaking!!

[@donnaanderson2683]

Ron, thank you for taking us to another beautiful cemetery. I feel so horrible that there are that many unidentified graves. Hopefully they're all resting in peace. Stay safe and welcome back!

[@annemariecronen9096]

How sad for those parents to lose both twin boys so close together 😢

[@aliciabrewer9444]

Such a beautiful area. I would love to walk all over that cemetery looking at all the graves. This cemetery is so interesting. Ron, I'm so glad you shared this cemetery with us. Keep yourself safe out there.🙂💟

[@Mszahnclass95]

Colorado is one my favorite states .Beauitful scenery an cemetery 🪦🪦 i love these out west stories .Thank you taking all us with you on this cool adventure . Plus shout-out to Cheryl for suggesting another great story .Safe travels an have fun Ron 😅 I promise i wont get crazy with the account support .i figured its been awhile 😂 i like to let my favorite channels once while let them know all appreciate the hard work an dedication ,.Give credit where credit is due. .

[@barbaramai7610]

You didn't disappoint Ron, great homage to the State of Colorado. Loved your coverage of this historic cemetery. I grew up close to the great Rocky Mountains, but have lived east in the arid plains for the past 40 or so years. I appreciate you bringing those mountains closer to me through this video, and relating some of the wonderful unknown stories that make up Colorado's history. Thank You

[@shariberry3123]

I had a family friend who was born in nearby Ouray, early 1923. His uncle was an undertaker in Silverton, probably 1890's-'20's. My friend, his dad was born in Telluride in the 1890's. By age 13, he had to go to work to support his mother, because his goldminer father would get paid on Friday, and gamble his paycheck away over the weekend there in Telluride. My friend's father did not pursue mining, he ended up in Ouray, partnered in a grocery store on Main street. My friend's father 'unalived' himself unfortunately, in that little grocery store, shortly after Pearl Harbor. My family friend would still burst into tears as an elderly man, whenever he would recount the memory of his father's tragic, completely unexpected sudden death. He did say that the local fraternal organization gave his father the most dignified service and burial, free of charge. His mother then sold their home and they moved as far away from Ouray and Colorado, in order to find a new life after their personal tragedy. They are all now buried in this beautiful cemetery right before Ouray, on a hillside and it is just stunning gorgeous of a setting.

[@sherbearb.1593]

I love all your episodes but this is by far my favorite. Thank you. I'll probably never get a chance to go there in this lifetime, so I lived vicariously through you. Thanks Ron.

[@andreajohnson1796]

The lovely sound of rain .. isn't a blessing and the scenery is beautiful, RIP ladies Thanks for sharing Ron as always a great one ❤🙏

[@charlayned]

Great video! I spent several vacations there as a kid, my dad had a couple cousins who worked in the mine there and we went up to visit. Beautiful place. I never went to the cemetery (I wasn't as fascinated with them back then) and I now want to go back. Sadly, my wheelchair doesn't do cross country much so I get to live vicariously through your videos. Have a good trip.

[@debbiewilliams7386]

So glad you are back. Thank you for this great walk.

Astounding graveyard Experience! You gave us a real adventure. Your compassion for the women’s plight in life is endearing 💕

[@Pellegrineanita]

Cornwall is in England Ron, it's a beautiful place, I have emphysema since being critical with covid-19, never knew it was known as Black lung 😮

[@susanna3]

Finally got to check this out Ron. The opening and closing scenery and music hooked me rught in.What a cool looking western town Silverton is and the cemetery was fascinating!! I was thinking alot about how you explained how remote the location is. Many people had to stay there regardless of how things went. Felt bad for the young women buried in that row, many died young, drinking, drugs illness, even suicide 💔. But the location is breathtaking!! Great adventure Ron thank you!

[@aylerpendre7096]

That’s aBritish phone box, I believe the idea is for the passed on love ones to “phone home”. A very British thought process in sentiments.

[@maryrees4276]

Unbelievable! One of your best! Thank you!

[@heidemarieemmert2195]

Absolutely loved this video. My husband, Leo, get excited about the videos. Time for him to get the snacks and watch our favorite person. Welcome back my brother.

[@Lorriann63]

Hi Ron! What an amazing place! The cemetery is awesome and the mountains in the background are breathtaking. I also like all the White Birch trees. I could stay there for hours checking it all out. I'm glad those ladies are remembered and recorded. Modern times don't treat them as disgraced or soiled. It was a job they had to do, and maybe some were forced into it. Not a lot of opportunities for women back then. Thank you for this, it's been a treat. Be safe out there on your travels.

[@jerrymoore838]

There's something very peaceful and kind about old cemetaries. Remembering those who came before us 🌷

[@Regina-ov7yi]

Love the history and nostalgia you uncover for us about our great country. All these folks molded and helped make us what we are today. They should never be forgotten. Thank you for all the hard work Ron!

[@angelwithinme1]

I love Colorado, my niece lives in Lakewood and I went to the Stanley hotel with my sister and my niece. It's so beautiful there

[@H_H_____]

Beautiful fly in with Little Jimmy and the music was terrific. Such a beautiful setting. Just amazing views and scenery. What a restful place for everyone to be buried. The roses for each of those ladies was so kind and thoughtful. Besides the people who had stones done for their graves, maybe nobody else other than you and them have shown these ladies respect and kindness. Those may be the only rose they received on their grave since they died. 21:31 The two Watson kids/cousins,...born 10 days apart, died 10 days apart. In the order in which they were born. Sad for both families. 24:03 Thank you for zooming up on this old mine structure. I noticed it in the distance and was curious what it looked like up close. It is beautiful. 34:27 I love all the panoramic views of the snowcap mountains and the valley below. I like your attire. Reminds me of what my Dad wore often. Warm and cozy and good wind breaker. The drive on Million Dollar Highway took me back to a family vacation where we drove along it. So beautiful. Thank you for taking us along and showing all the prettiest scenery. Dad took us on lots of family vacations to places surrounded by beautiful snowcapped mountains in the US. Today is Father's Day, and Father's Day this year fell on the anniversary of Daddy's passing, 16 June 2015. So, it is an extra tough day for our family. I cried as you drove on the Million Dollar Highway, but it was all happy tears of beautiful and happy memories. Thank you Ron, you are always the best of all that is online anywhere on KZbin. Happy Father's Day to you. God bless you and keep you safe in your travels. 💙

[@sheilapurcell3789]

Beautiful old cemetery. I was there in 1971 and we rode the Silverton to Durango train, what a wonderful experience.

[@alunrees313]

First welsh grave I’ve seen on your channel, with Welsh writing, John Evans From Llanrwst north Wales,

[@annabelleb.8096]

🥰 Wow! I was hoping for a Part 2. That was beautiful. What a unique town and cemetery.

[@Pellegrineanita]

That telephone box is what we used to have in England, that's where the colour pillar box red comes from as we also had postboxes the same red

[@sandfrench24]

Loved it! Thank you Ron , as always!

[@sCotto359]

This is a part of our history that a lot will not touch on. Due to the s word ofr because they were ladies of the night so to speak. Thank You Ron for sharing this history. And some of those graves date back to 1700's and 1600's again Thank you

[@lorihoop3831]

While I wish they would have used kinder words describing the women, I'm glad we get to know more about them from the information on the headstones.😢

[@ebriggs3498]

I would say the expression “soiled dove” is very gentle without being cruel or crude.

[@dsinavich5141]

Hi Ron... The cemetery is incredible on the hillside and the views of the mountains are so beautiful and breathtaking...RIP to all .....thanks for vlogging this story..take care........ Deborah 🇨🇦

[@MargaretCorriher]

I love your walks beautiful country great history.🇺🇸☮️🤠

[@susanblauss1530]

Colorado is beautiful! I could spend days walking that cemetary! Soo much to see soo much history. Thanks for bringing us along,loved this!

[@bessima59]

Wow Ron what a lovely place and so much history. l myself love old cemeteries and towns here in Australia. Thanks again.

[@luvuforeverjames]

I'm a bit late here but made it at last Ron, what a beautiful place right there, the views are fantastic. That red box was an english telephone booth, you don't see too many of them now over here in the UK. Thank you for taking us on your journey...I just love your road trips, absolutely fascinating and such stunning scenery.

[@countrytxrose]

I really enjoy seeing these tucked away almost forgotten cemeterys in some case. This cemetery is beautiful, small town America. Seeing the fancy cemetery, Graves of Presidents, important events that lead to Deaths etc is very nice. But these types of cemeterys are important also. THANK YOU SIR, JOB WELL DONE.

[@donnawilliams9098]

I am from Iowa but LOVE LOVE COLORADO someday will be laid to rest there. think you Ron you do a great job. you be safe and again think you love colorado.

[@donnaboisen6003]

Hi Ron, Great video. I love the mountains. As you know we have no mountains in Minnesota or Wisconsin. Just those rolling hills of Wisconsin where I grew up. I can’t figure out what you said about the wooden coffins where they just decay into the earth. But you said something about rubber boots. I didn’t catch that. Thank you so much.

[@user-mm4rz8mk3e]

Certainly, gives true meaning to the name of "Boot Hill". I love your information and story-telling on these videos.

[@MsChristin1982]

I could stay in that cemetery for days! Thank you for sharing! Always the best walks!

[@robinlee6295]

Great vid! I've always been fascinated with those women. I collect books when I travel about the soiled doves. They helped settle the West for sure. Another interesting town and cemetery is Creede, Colorado. We were there 20 years ago.

[@sandratodd560]

WOW! Truly beautiful! Those Those mountains are gorgeous! I thank you so much for sharing this!

[@connieleighton4375]

I have family buried in that cemetery, my uncle was killed in the mine, and my aunt contracted polio and died there when she was 9 they are both buried in cortez, my cousin still owns her grandparents home there in town, silverton is a beautiful little town i love going up there to spend a couple of nights when i can , just lay in bed in the morning and listen to the train come into town its kind of magical

[@Industrialist2015ofUk]

I had Pneumonia recently, and because I'm young i survived it...but a century and more ago that and the new flu were a death sentence. no medicine and tech like we have now!

[@terri6743]

What a wonderful cemetery! Very beautiful and so much history! Those folks in Silverton have done a great job with so many markers!

[@tomhirons7475]

Good miners in Cornwall here tin miners.The mines where getting scarce so they made this huge journey wow.

[@genewileyopa]

Thank you so much, such a beautiful place. I enjoy these videos. Lots of history.

[@twentynineteen4687]

Nothing soiled about these women. They had absolutely no choice. One'splace in society was determined by the luck of birth, in more ways than one.

[@garymorris5974]

Thanks for your time, Ron..Stay safe..

[@jeffybobby5022]

I love the graves with the stories. Can you imagine traveling from Cornwall back in those days more risky then potentially today's transportation.

[@Pellegrineanita]

I am happy all the girls have a name, someone has put a coin on their stones bless them, and you placed a yellow rose 🏵 for them, the ladies must have been so unhappy, god rest their souls

[@charelder]

Thanxx Ron I love that place haven't been in eons I was born in Colorado Springs lived in Greeley for years made a trip up there I knew where you were before you said it lol and the rocky mountains gave it away that is where I loved reading all those headstones ❤😊

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

Ron...please take of yourself. As we get older (you and I are about the same age .....DOBs early-mid 1950s) we have to step back a little. Still can fly those WW2 warbirds though. Oh....I love the scenery of that place. Wish they had some jobs for retired NASA envionmental managers there.

[@CaroleLeamer735]

Thank you for sharing Mr Ron ❤This cemetery is fascinating ❤Safe travels ❤

[@LizBarker-bz4ww]

Hi? Ron. I loved the cemetary plus I love the history of the 1500 to 1900 hundreds. With my respect for the people who died a very young age and developed of different sickness. But this cemetary is so generous and beautiful just in the mountains with open fresh air. It makes me feel like I'm there spending my time. You're doing a great job, Ron, I pray for you in your travel and God Bless you and you safe.

[@cindiwhitaker6739]

OMG,I thought you were taking time off for the summer,I was so bummed,but surprise you're back! I'm happy too see you back!🥰

[@nadiabrook7871]

BEAUTIFUL drone footage!! Another INTRIGUING video, Ron!! XXXX ❤🤗💞💕👍👏

[@ellennewth6305]

Hi, Ron! Colorado is so beautiful ... love the foliage and the snow-capped mountains. I really enjoyed this old historic cemetery. Always interested in lives that were lived 100 years ago. Lots of them died from Pneumonia and the Spanish Flu. Probably Scarlet Fever and T.B. too. I noticed that Hilda Johannesdotter Olsen (Died 1904) and Olga Johannesdotter Johnson (Died 1905) were sisters. Both born in Sweden and both died from Peritonitis.

[@katiesutherlin5704]

Very nice cemetery sad how many died from illness and accidents

[@marierklassen7985]

Thank you for sharing this video 📹 its a very beautiful place to rest in peace. Have a good day from Northern British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦

[@claudiadesoto2378]

Beautiful, just beautiful

[@CharoletteWade-mg3qq]

Very beautiful cemetery, alot died of different deases or killed in mining accidents, some died from natural disasters. You have made sure they haven't been forgotten.

[@Docochoco39]

Ooops! I forgot to tell you if you ever get a chance you have to visit the graveyard for the town of Cripple Creek. There’s different big events that happened, ie; plagues w/ lots of children, a fire that consumed a large portion of the town, and a couple mine deaths. It sits on a hill that overlooks Cripple Creek kind of like Silverton’s graveyard.

[@jacqui.amelie]

That was fantastic so historic thanks Ron

[@doreenarcher8543]

Thanks Ron. Love this video so much❤️You brought the old West back to life in all its rough, wild and passionate glory. Colorado Springs resident. When I was a kid my family moved to Colorado from Ohio. Everything felt so new and exotic at the time. ❤️

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

Endless adventures there in Colorado. You could spend a lifetime, heck you could spend 20 lifetime exploring. I’m envious

[@doreenarcher8543]

@@FacesoftheForgotten oh my gosh. 20 lifetimes🤗such an enchanting, magical comment. Probably so very much like those kind folk coming from Cornwall so full of hopeful expectation. I had a high school teacher who claimed to have seen Baby Doe Tabor when he was a kid. He said she was sitting on a rocker on a porch. He claimed his parents told him to always remember he saw Baby Doe Tabor. 🤗Interesting story❤️

[@christina3056]

Yep, red English telephone box 😂 There was a lot of mining in Cornwall, England so it makes sense some of the miners travelled to the US to find mining jobs and seek a new life. 😊

[@sarahprosek5201]

Thank you Ron for your hard work.the scenery was beautiful😊!

[@denisedarnell1641]

Great to see another AMAZING VIDEO of our country's hstory . It truly is amazing and we can learn so much from it if only we would learn... Thanks again♡❤

[@lindajung9642]

This was such a good episode!!! I wish all stones had the cause of death written on them!! It is such a beautiful cemetery!!! Thanks!!

[@nwminiaturesandmore]

What an amazing graveyard! Definitely a bucket list one for me.