Even in Summer

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Even in Summer
Even in Summer

The Peoloa Cemetery in southeastern Washington is mostly overgrown. The earlist burial dates to the late 1870s, and there are a few more recent ones.

I have spent hours here, photographing, recording, and simply enjoying the cemetery. The town of Peola is gone, if it ever was an actual town at all. Most of the folks buried here were pioneers on the land, the first white people to permanently settle in this part of Washington.

There is very little information about this place. And the stories of most of the graves remain either local or entirely forgotten.

The obelisk on the left is to the King family. I don't know when the stone was laid, but the earliest King burial was in 1881. Daughter Mary. She was 34 years old. The next was son John, he was 46 in 1883. John, the father, died at 86 in 1881. It's likely that the stone was laid then. Three years later, in 1889, William, another son, died at age 56. Finally, in 1910, John Jr died. He was 71.

That is all I can find on the King family.

The smaller stone in the center of the shot is to James and Mary Bankson. A bit more is known about them.

Mary died first in 1898. A wagon in which she was riding went out of control. Before it crashed, she wrapped her four month old son James in a blanket and threw him out of the wagon. She was shortly thrown out and died shortly after. Her son survived and lived a full life.

James, the father, died of typhoid three years later. Their three children, James, Joseph and another unnamed, were sent to live with a nearby family.

While there, I recorded a few minutes of audio.

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'Even in Summer'

Camera: Chamonix 45F-2
Lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 8/90mm
Film: Agfa CP-BU M X-Ray Film; 50iso
Exposure: f/8; 1/8sec
Process: HC-110; 1+90; 7min

Washington
June 2024

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Taken on: June 1, 2024
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