View of the Old Bear Creek Settlement Cemetery/Old Bear Creek Tabernacle Cemetery, South of Linden, Cass County, Texas. Photograph by Herstoryan. Houston, Texas. 1997
- Herstoryan
- We all have a story to tell. Some speak louder than others. Listen closely to hear the stories of our ancestors echoing under our footsteps. They are the authors. We are the keepers.
I was there just this week to visit the grave of my great-great grandfather, Sidney C. Harper. I found that the 2011 wildfire had burned down almost all of the trees in the area and had destroyed the wooden part of the "tabernacle." So sad. Additionally, vandals had broken many (but not all) of the tombstones in half. I was so relieved that my great-great grandfather's stone was intact and still upright.
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