These are pictures from our trip to the Vivian Cemetery and to the rock house and corral. Kache is trying to read an old headstone. Some of them you can read, but most or too weathered to read. The kids wanted to repair the house. It was cute how concerned they were. There are no roofing timbers left or materials for the roof. I wonder if the house was never completed or maybe there was a fire. The corral was pretty big but only standing on two sides. It was 60 degrees, not windy, a really nice day. We did get lost and wondered around some rough country. Keith was not with us so that is why we didn’t know where we were going. These Florida kids were pretty cautious around the prickly pear cactus and mesquite thorns. Near the cemetery we found some deep caves in the ground. Looked like great homes for rattlesnakes. This is about Cam Alto who is buried in the cemetery.
A very interesting story is told of the burial of Cam Alto. Those digging the grave hit a huge rock that could not be moved, so much progress had been made and since they did not want to begin again, a very unusual decision was reached, they made the grave in a north and south position instead of the usual east and west. (interment.net)
His headstone is turned to match his grave.
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