I stumbled upon Highland Cemetery, also referred to as Nall Cemetery, in the middle of a neighborhood in Prairie Village while surveying storm damage. The Nall brothers, for whom Nall Avenue is named, created it on former Shawnee Nation reservation land. They lived on the land after the Indians were moved to Oklahoma. This tombstone is for Thomas Nall, who died at age 77 on Dec. 31, 1903 and what appears to be his wife, who died at 75 in 1909. Lots of longevity for that time. A little pocket of history.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Highland Cemetery
I stumbled upon Highland Cemetery, also referred to as Nall Cemetery, in the middle of a neighborhood in Prairie Village while surveying storm damage. The Nall brothers, for whom Nall Avenue is named, created it on former Shawnee Nation reservation land. They lived on the land after the Indians were moved to Oklahoma. This tombstone is for Thomas Nall, who died at age 77 on Dec. 31, 1903 and what appears to be his wife, who died at 75 in 1909. Lots of longevity for that time. A little pocket of history.
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