Date: 7-18-2000
Cemetery: Houshouer Cemetery
Street:
City: Hoosier National Forrest (Charles Dean Wilderness)
County: Monroe County
State: Indiana
Nation: USA
Zip:
Land Type: Private
Status: Abandoned
Graves within: ten maybe more?
Oldest grave:
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Owner: US Government
Problem's
Cemetery about to be destroyed
Overgrown-trees
Overgrown-ground cover
Buried Headstones
Disintegrating Headstones
General Neglect
Records location
Cemetery description
While hiking we came upon this abandoned. It is in the Charles Dean
Wilderness area of the Hoosier National Forrest where they do not want
traces of man so the cemetery was abandoned and unkempt. There was a
faint overgrown trail out and in. Sandstone headstones and neglect
were very evident. This cemetery will most definitely disappear if
nothing is done about it.
Other Problems
No clear road in or out - one would be hard put to find it or even
realize it existed.
Previous Contacts
No one as I did not know who to contact. My wife and I were very
sad to see the cemetery abandoned like this.
Current Status
Submitted by / Contact for additional Information:
name: Ames Templeton
Email: freeman@triton.net
