old graveyard in Lake Charles by jocko500
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It a wonder how much the news lie to us and we think they telling the true?
I been knowing about this graveyard when i was a child and so did eveyone in town. Yes it was overgrown with trees and weeds. But when a Casino and hotel wish to build there; the local news came in and told people that it was a great find that no one knew about and the Casino and hotel is going to pay to move it. Some people in Lake Charles did stop them from moveing some of the graves like the father of Lake Charles is bury there. So the Casino had to build they parking lot around it. The Casino was open for a few years intill the last Hurricane here closed the doors to it. The Casino and hotel buildings is still there and there is watchmen on duly.
I was in the graveyard which do have a History National sign on it, but it closed in by a privite parking lot which have no trustpassing signs around it. I saw one of the parking lots enter "no trustpassing" signs was gone and it was close to the graveyard. The graveyard do have a black iron fence which you see in the photo, but the gates was open. I saw no one around so I when in and took the photos. all graves I saw was from 1840's to 1899. I did not look at all of them which i was for it is a small graveyard. I did see a white truck with yellow flashing lights comeing at me so I wlk to my truck and drove off before he got to me.
I be back lol
anyway thanks for stopping by and take a looky too.
Comments (38)
A quiet place, obviously. Great capture.
Fascinating!
excellent capture and story.
Interesting story ... excellent photo.
Thanks for sharing! i enjoy going to old graveyards. Thanks for taking the risk to get the photo.
It sure sucks the way big corporations can do what they want. And it's a sad thing when everyone knows about a treasure like this, and isn't the least bit interested in taking care of it until some big corporate entity threatens to change things. Another wonderful capture!
Outstanding work!
Very interesting! I didn't even know who John Jacob Ryan Jr., was and now I know where he is buried, even if I can't get into the graveyard. Did you see his grave? I'll think of it the next time I go down Ryan St. The corporation should have been forced to construct a walkway of public land, to the cemetery as a condition of the sale. Too bad. What's the name of the cemetery? The Southwest Louisiana Genealogical Society holds meetings in the Southwest Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Library in Lake Charles. I wonder if they have ever stood up for their rights to visit the cemetery. Lovely image! Beautiful color, lighting and details!