The Three Cemeteries of the Palisade Church
Palisade Lutheran church has three cemeteries. We have the West Palisade Cemetery, the East Palisade Cemetery or the “church one” and the Palisade Prairie Cemetery. Each of these cemeteries has some unique features that hold some interesting information.
West Palisade cemetery used to have a church on the east side of the cemetery. This church was taken down when the present church was built. Much of the lumber and furnishings from the west church was used in the present church. Several years ago when new trees were planted on the east side of the cemetery we discovered the left overs from former days. The east side of the cemetery was apparently used as a trash pile. We dug out cinders from the burning of coal, burned out parts from the old furnace, some bent up silverware along with various cans and bottles. I guess you can learn a lot from the trash heap.
There are 25 veterans buried in the west cemetery. There is one burial there from the Spanish American War. The soldier was from this area and received his training at Ft. Snelling, near the Mpls. area. He came down with camp fever and died before finished his training. The body was shipped by train to Garretson and then transferred to a train going to Booge.
The fact that the Spanish Flu left a mark on the community is evident by the number of families that lost children in that 1918 time period. We know what it was like to live with Covid and we had a pretty good idea what was going on. Back then they did not know what is was or how to treat it.
That about wraps it up for the history of 1/3 of Palisade cemetery group. See you next time
Palisade Lutheran church has three cemeteries. We have the West Palisade Cemetery, the East Palisade Cemetery or the “church one” and the Palisade Prairie Cemetery. Each of these cemeteries has some unique features that hold some interesting information.
West Palisade cemetery used to have a church on the east side of the cemetery. This church was taken down when the present church was built. Much of the lumber and furnishings from the west church was used in the present church. Several years ago when new trees were planted on the east side of the cemetery we discovered the left overs from former days. The east side of the cemetery was apparently used as a trash pile. We dug out cinders from the burning of coal, burned out parts from the old furnace, some bent up silverware along with various cans and bottles. I guess you can learn a lot from the trash heap.
There are 25 veterans buried in the west cemetery. There is one burial there from the Spanish American War. The soldier was from this area and received his training at Ft. Snelling, near the Mpls. area. He came down with camp fever and died before finished his training. The body was shipped by train to Garretson and then transferred to a train going to Booge.
The fact that the Spanish Flu left a mark on the community is evident by the number of families that lost children in that 1918 time period. We know what it was like to live with Covid and we had a pretty good idea what was going on. Back then they did not know what is was or how to treat it.
That about wraps it up for the history of 1/3 of Palisade cemetery group. See you next time