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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 242: Wild West Graveyards
Description: After the Civil War, people came out west for many reasons: Gold, work on the railroads, religious freedom, saloon poker, or to rob banks just to name a few. Some of these people would end up in boom towns, which exploded in population very quickly then died off to nothing in a few years. If you had the misfortune to die during the boom times, then you were probably buried in their cemetery, and forgotten decades. That us until Heather Moulton and Susan Tatterson came along and photographed your graveyard. These two (Often called The Pirate and the Aussie) trave...