To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please
contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer —
please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Additional GEORGE Surnames in VINEYARD (EVANSVILLE) Cemetery
Additional GEORGE Surnames in WASHINGTON County
GEORGE, Jessie B.GEORGE, AliceGEORGE, ParaleeGEORGE, John C.GEORGE, A. LucileGEORGE, Samuel BGEORGE, Neoma RGEORGE, Tracey LynnGEORGE, Rex LGEORGE, Mildred LovonaGEORGE, Casandra MGEORGE, Damon HGEORGE, Dora CGEORGE, Arlis EGEORGE, Family StoneGEORGE, Family Stone (Back)GEORGE, CathrynGEORGE, Charles LeeGEORGE, David LutherGEORGE, Ellis EugeneGEORGE, Mary FrancisGEORGE, Luther LeeGEORGE, Willie LoweGEORGE, SaundraGEORGE, Harvey HaysGEORGE, Effie AnnGEORGE, Lyndell DeWayneGEORGE, Viola LGEORGE, PearlGEORGE, Margaret ElizabethGEORGE, Robert "Bob"GEORGE, Charles CorbettGEORGE, Emila AGEORGE, Ronald Edward "Ronnie"GEORGE, Virginia LeaGEORGE, Frankie
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project.
On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and
perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas,
we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a
Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and
genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 2/7/11 • Approved: 3/2/14 • Last Updated: 3/5/14 • R462026-G0-S3
Age 2 years & 10 months
This walled-in burial plot has no connection with pioneer history. It marks the last resting place of four members of a Turkish show troop which camped one night in the dry creek bed of Evansville creek. During the night a heavy rain in the hills sent a torrent of water rushing down the creek. Four of the strangers and their trained bears were drowned. For many years after the tragedy, the survivors each year visited the burial plot at Old Vineyard. None has been there recently. Yet the memory of these gypsies is kept alive through the years, as the story is told and re-told in the homes along Evansville creek.
Source: Flashback Vol VIII No 5 September 1958 by
Washington County Historical Society
See Overview picture for the whole walled-on plot.
Contributed on 2/7/11 by judyfrog
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 462026