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"Yes, the dead speak to us"

by Sarah R. Bloom, 2007

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Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane | Deadwood Mount Moriah Cemetery

Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane are two famous graves right next to each other in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota. We will tour the famous graveyard in Deadwood, SD to visit Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.

Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane are two famous graves right next to each other in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota. We will tour the famous graveyard in Deadwood, SD to visit Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane to famous characters of the Old West and history. Learn more in the video by Generations Found YouTube: Deadwood, South Dakota More about this subject

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Calamity Jane: photographed at 'Wild' Bill Hickock grave. She was later buried (1903) at Mount Moriah Cemetery SD next to Bill Hickok. Hickok had "absolutely no use" for Jane while he was alive, so they decided to play a posthumous joke on him by burying her by his side.

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hole over Unknown Pioneer's grave at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, South Dakota 05.21.24

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Plant Profile: Sassafras - S. albidum

This plant profile spotlights an American favorite, the originator of a flavor profile loved/hated throughout the world and perhaps one of the more unique eastern trees with a name that's very fun to say. Today we will discuss the Sassafras.

If you went to an American Public school near an eastern forest, you probably had a nature walk where someone pointed out Sassafras for its connection to root beer. For its smell alone I find it's a fun plant to teach people about, there's honestly nothing else around here quite like it.

Let's start with description, Sassafras is a member of the laurel family (think aromatic woods like Bays, Spicebush, and Avocados). The tree itself is easily distinguished by its scent/form/and unique leaf features. The bark when young is smooth and grey but as it ages it can become furrowed and reddish brown and the main trunk is almost always kinda wavy. The twigs are grey to yellow green when young and an easy access source to encounter the lovely rootbeer scent. Sassafras has 3 different types of leaves, one standard ovular pointed leaf, a 2-lobe, and a 3 lobed mitten like leaf (image above) the upper surface is hairless while the underside is hairy. The most distinguishing characteristic of Sassafras is its extremely vibrant and variable mix of fall coloring, often turning yellow, pinkish, orange, or red; sometimes all on different leaves, it's a bit unpredictable. The tree itself is unisexual meaning flowers are either male or female but the small fragrant yellow flowers form globular puffs along the branches (see images below). The fruit itself is a small blue thing attached to a reddish stem, I've never seen one up close usually the birds get them before me.

Range and habitat: Sassafras can be found in upland or sandy/rocky to loamy neutral soils throughout the eastern US, Southwest to East Texas, South East to like Jacksonville Florida, Northeast to Southern Maine then Sporadically West to Iowa. In these locations it primarily acts as an earlier succession species, requiring light to actually thrive, Sassafras is aggressive but can also exist comfortably in forests when mature.

Sassafras itself has a variety of behaviors influenced by condition/habitat. I most commonly find it along the Appalachian trail in oak heaths or forested mountain slopes where openings once were, here its usually found as a singular wavy reddish trunk among other tall trees (Image 1). But typically Sassafras is a pioneer species, saplings will die without full sun, because of this the tree is more likely to propagate along fencerows, old fields, and unmaintained disturbed ground. Here we can find nearly pure stands of dense wavy trunked colonies dominating open ground as one of the only species in a thicket. Sassafras also has an allelopathic affect on other plant life, this primarily affects the growth of annual herbaceous plants but also lowers the germination of other other seeds.

Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia is one of the most urban examples of this type of thicket (photo below by talented Philly Photographer Supernova)

All that being said about aggressive succession the tree has some pretty positive landscape value: bringing a pleasant odor, attracting birds, and lovely spring floral display (Sassafras in Philly park below). It's downside (aside from the possibility of numerous root clones... which doesn't always occur) is that the tree doesn't always transplant well, it will die if seemingly arbitrary conditions are not met, it just can't grow some places even with well draining soil and full sun.

Ecological value is very high with Sassafras, as a bird disturbed species it, of course, is an excellent energy source for summer birds and spring pollinators. The tree can also serve as an alternate host source for the Spicebush Swallowtail (image below of said butterfly on Swamp Milkweed)

Sassafras historically has had intense culture usage by anyone who comes in contact with it: Indigenous Americans, Europeans merchants, American Settlers, and Creole Cooks. I'll give a snippet of history and use of American Sassafras with each cultural relationship. I will warn everyone that according to the FDA: safrole (found in sassafras) has been found to cause cancers and serve liver damage in mice which is why natural Sassafras is no longer used in our rootbeers or deemed safe for human consumption. I will avoid supporting any 'medical claims' for Sassafras as an herbal supplements as that is extremely unethical, and will instead focus on the historical and wild food aspect.

Let's start with our First Nations, Sassafras is used in a variety of ways throughout Turtle Island both prior to colonization into today, most Indigenous relationships were medicinal in nature. My peer and I were directed to some uses when working with a Lenape clan last year. One can derive a red or yellow tea from Sassafras, Yellow is the easiest as you only require stems. Essentially you just take cleaned thick cuttings and boil them for half an hour till the tea is yellow. The red tea derives from root cuttings and has a stronger flavor, this was adapted by Colonists for other uses...

For the Europeans, early in the days of American Colonization, Sassafras was a beloved aromatic tree and medicinal herbs prioritized in trade with the indigenous groups. The Old World was concurrently suffering from syphilis outbreaks in the 1600s, which they assumed originated in the Americas. Europeans of the day marketed Sassafras Root as an -american- natural cure for the 'american disease' syphilis. With each grift there is a huge demand, some sources state Sassafras was the second most valuable wood in New England. This root elixir was considered a medicine (not helpful to curing Syphilis) to 1600s Europe and to this day is still mostly perceived that way by Europeans (for multiple reasons). The Asian species of Sassafras (Sassafras tzumu and S. randaienseare) also known in Chinese medicine however that's an entirely different history.

Later American Settler Traditions of making (slightly alcoholic) Root beer was a variation on Indigenous Root Tea recipes. I'm less familiar with that history but my professor used to make red root tea in southern Pennsylvania. The roots themselves have a gelatinous consistency which transfers into the tea and the beer, this is where the famous lasting foam comes from in Root Beer. Additionally, this quality is used southern cooking as Sassafras leave act as a thickening agent (in soups mostly).

Also aside from being carcinogenic apparently safrole (the reason sassafras is no longer consumed) is a List I chemical in the US (Highly tracked substance by the DEA) as it can be used to synthesize MDMA.... it's difficult to isolate so narcos of tumblr don't get too hopeful.

Lastly I'll focus on Propagation because it is a bit difficult but possible. The easier-to-gather but harder to succeed method is taking a root cutting from a colony in midwinter: you should find 1/4" thick pieces, wash them and cut them into 2" segments placed in seed-soil mixes horizontally and covered. For seeds (the more successful method but harder to find) remove the outer flesh as soon as they develop and place in moist blotting paper and stratify for 3-4 months, most are likely to germinate this way. You can also buy saplings from Bowmanhill Preserve in New Hope, PA; No shame in propagation failure...

This has been my piece on Sassafras, I hope you guys are more likely to spot the leaves and give them a smell next time you're outside. Please also heed the FDA's warning about the tea as a carcinogen, while I don't believe in denouncing indigenous food cultures, over consumption can harm you here. Happy Hunting.

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Day 4 - That’s history!!!

Hello all! I apologize for such a late update. I had my usual morning post all done and ready to go and then no service when I went to post.

The chilly temperature this morning in Custer woke me up early so I decided to take Lily for a walk around the lake as the sun came up. Lily enjoyed all the strange smells and I think she was trying her best to hunt down that bison who was in camp the night before. (Side note, when we pulled out this morning the behemoth beast was standing right at the edge of the road. I guess he likes camping!) taking that lake walk this morning was contagious. Everyone went walking by the lake in their own time, but Todd was the only one lucky enough to see any horned wildlife. Well, I guess Mom saw some too since she went with Dad. 😊

After walking and organizing, we headed towards Mountain Rushmore. A dear friend of mine, Joanie, told me once “It is like nothing you have ever seen. Indescribable.” She was not wrong!

As Todd maneuvered the camper van through the S curves and beautiful mountains, there it was. The feeling brought me back to that same excitement when I was a kid screaming, “I see the Eiffel Tower!!!” as we neared King’s Island. But this…WOW! To see one and only completed, hand carved, rock sculpture of the faces of four of the most influential presidents U.S. history is truly unbelievable. Seeing it in books and pictures just doesn’t do it justice. Even Lily stopped to look!!! I asked Mom if she ever thought she would see it in person…her response was nothing short of what anyone reading this would expect, “No, I did not.” I am so thankful that she was able to see what some might call the 8th Wonder of the World. (I don’t know if anyone actually calls it that except the guy I heard say it while we were there, but it sounded feasible to me!)

After our visit to Mount Rushmore, we made our way to Deadwood, SD, where Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane are laid to rest. After watching, the HBO series of the same name a few years back, I couldn’t wait to visit the famous western gold mining town. I have to say, I was highly disappointed in the town as it was not the original or even the close reproduction that I had expected, but much more commercialized with casinos and souvenir shops being nearly every establishment on Main Street. We didn’t let that ruin our fun! Todd’s hopes were deflated when he discovered the brothel had been shut down by the FBI over 40 years ago. Just kidding….he had no idea…didn’t even know the sign was there when I took his picture!! 😂

While Calamity Jane always raised a ruckus, I knew Dad would give her a run for her money. A local bartender recommended the Oyster Bay restaurant for the best pizza in town, so off we went. Like everywhere else, they had slot machines. What we learned is that not only Dad, but Mom, had missed their calling….millwright and customer service worker, pfft! They should have moved west and became gamblers! We gave them each $2 and Todd showed them how the penny slot worked. Mom won $9.64 and Dad won $7.35! They nearly won enough to pay for their lunch AND were smart enough to cash out and be done!

After making a brief stop at the Bar where Wild Bill Hickok was shot while holding a hand of Aces and Eights, we decided to head out of town after making one last stop at Mt. Moriah cemetery where Bill, Jane and the town’s first sheriff, Seth Bullock, were buried. I mean, we were there, right? Why not?

On the road again, Wyoming brings a different kind of terrain….many meadows of antelope, but coolest of all was seeing Devil’s Tower in the distance as we made our way to our campground in Moorcroft. I guess I have been doing this way too long both Mom and Todd just asked if I had posted. Until tomorrow family and friends! ❤️

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Warlock Jason Leach at Darksome Art and Craft Market

This Saturday, October 5, 2024, Warlock Jason Leach will be spreading his dark and macabre sculptures at Darksome’s Every Day is Halloween event. If you are in the area, why not enjoy a beautiful Fall day in an old cemetery and support Dark Artists. Details: Saturday October 5, 2024—11am – 5pm At Mount Moriah Cemetery 6201 Kingsessing Ave. Philadelphia, PA  19142 Darksome Art and Craft Market…

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there's something lyrical about your writing — do you read much poetry? If so, who are your favourite poets? (sorry for the random question I was just curious)

jules im KISSING u btw this is a high compliment for ME.

so i recently read c.t. salazar's headless john the baptist hiking which was so vivid and brutal like... “forgetting is a kind of mercy / eventually even the cemetery / forgets it is a cemetery and looks like an open field" that's insane. he easily became one of my fav poets. ummmm ocean vuong bc i read night sky with exit wounds and i felt every emotion under the sun. there's of course ada limón and natalie diaz—specifically when my brother was an aztec—and like...mary oliver ofc. honestly i need to read more poets to Have more fav poets because i usually just read poems (singular) so here are some of my favs (i have literally inflicted some of these poems on my uni profs because they made me so unwell):

sonnet 17 by pablo neruda

belovéd by yves olade

eating a gyro reminds me that i sometimes believe in god by charnell peters

el salvador by javier zamora

obligations 2 by layli long soldier

lullaby on mount moriah by traci brimhall

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Deadwood is a city in South Dakota known for its gold rush history. Mount Moriah Cemetery has the graves of Wild West figures like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Exhibits at the Adams Museum include a huge gold nugget and a plesiosaur fossil. The 1892 Historic Adams House is a Victorian mansion with original features. South of town, the George S. Mickelson Trail leads through the Black Hills National Forest.

(Below) Deadwood circa 1876.

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MEMBER OF HAPRY WARLOCKS CONVICTED IN MURDER OR PROSPECT

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that a man accused of murdering a biker gang prospect has been found guilty. Michael DiMauro, 50, was convicted on all charges in the killing of 33-year-old David Rossillo Jr. Investigators say DiMauro, a member of the Warlocks motorcycle gang, dumped Rossillo’s body in a crypt at Mount Moriah Cemetery in…

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"Will the place I come from take me back"

by Sarah R. Bloom, 2007

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Deadwood, South Dakota

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Mount Moriah Cemetery Philadelphia, PA

Mount Moriah is one of the largest cemeteries in the state of Pennsylvania and it is considered to be one of the most haunted locations in Philadelphia.

For many years, the cemetery was abandoned with no official owner or caretaker, but in recent years a charitable group has been established to begin the daunting task of clearing away the overgrown areas in order to restore the burial ground to its former glory.

During this work many of the people taking part have reported seeing and hearing strange things. Have the spirits of those buried here come out to thank them for clearing their resting place?

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mount moriah cemetery, deadwood, sd