"[History is] a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man." -Percy Bysshe Shelley

Friday, December 23, 2011

stories the humus keeps

  


















































































 
The Marvin C. and Dorothy M. Loveless Tombstone







One of our intrepid library volunteers made her way out to the Manitowish Waters Cemetery this fall, taking photos of the tombstones that commemorate many of the area's early European settlers. For history buffs, these photos may be a walk down memory lane.

Bernard Belter

 Maude Belter (of Belter's Island?)

Joseph S. Lavigne
Peter Vange "our first white settler"