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Storytelling gravestones #15

Grandview Cemetery, Montrose CO.

 

Although I do not consider myself any kind of authority on cemeteries or gravestones/headstones and the traditions incorporated into their design, I have noticed that in the region surrounding Montrose, Colorado it is somewhat customary to record an abbreviated version of the deceased's biography on the stone itself.

 

Mr. Smith was apparently a single man who loved the outdoors, nature and adventure. Shown on the stone are an elk, a sadled horse, the Black Canyon, Mount Sneffels, an aspen tree and a small aircraft.

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Uploaded on May 16, 2013
Taken on April 5, 2013