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| Cemetery |
| Back there at the bridge, looking at the train, I was on La.743, lower right. The yellow line is my route. If someone asks you if you have ever been to Boscoville, you can tell them "no, but I know where it is". Bosco milk flavoring was invented there. Ray Fagan would have you believe it was invented in Mississippi, but that would be misleading. Mr. Bosco was originally from Mississippi but moved to Louisiana after the divorce, and settled, obviously, in Boscoville, where his great great cousin had migrated from Switzerland, famous for its chocolate delights. Look it up. |
| I crossed US 190 and rode the scenic fishtail that 743 becomes as it mimicks the Little Teche north.to La.103. It had made its way from Port Barre, birth mother of the Teche. 103 was headed to Washington and I hitched a ride. I left it there and took La.10 toward LeBeau. At Beggs I took 182 north. La.182/29is a greatly unappreciated road to Bunkie and points north, west, and east. There are choices all along its route, plus points of interest which never stop popping up. Again, the road would give up a treasure. |
| I don't know how I saw it. From the road, the stones were near invisible. I turned around and went back. I had been looking for places to see on Bayou Boeuf. Surely there would be one I hadn't documented. The graves were spread out in no organized manner. I'd never seen this before. Maybe they were all facing in the traditional eastward direction? Maybe not? Was it a chruch cemetery? Was it a community cemetery? I would have stayed longer if I'd been smart enough to think about that. |
| The iron fences usually depict a family plot. A gated plot in a cemetery usually reflects that the family had clout in the community and were not hurting for cash. |
| JP and his wife. |
| I've tried all the tricks to pull her name out but I can't do it. I should have tried harder there. Eroding stones are very sad. She did outlast JP by 22 years though her stone has weathered worse. |
| Many of those stones had that problem. |
| Louisa Tate, wife of Philip Stagg, May 1839 to December, 1916. There is a community named Tates Cove east of Ville Platte, not far from here. |
| Philip Stagg Dec, 1831 to Jan 1894. |
| E.H. Stag 1857 to 1881. Very young at death. The Stagg name repeats. |
| Charlie C., Son of James and Lizzie Leake, b.1882, d.1895, so sad. |
| A day could have been spent there doing investigation. These places tell stories that are easily read and understood as long as the print is still there. The closeness of the bayou could have worked on the stone. Possibly airborn chemicals common to farming could have had an effect? |
| That did the "Cemetery Fix" for this ride. That leaves cows, dirt roads, barns, old houses, terrain and a few other things, which might be repeats of previously covered categories. If you are tired of that stuff, better bail out cause here it comes. |
| I didn't even look for more Reeds in the fence. Snakes were on my mind. |