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Old 10-04-2012, 11:01 AM
pariah1107
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Not exactly on topic, but I travelled to Ravensdale, Washington because I had heard the cemetery there had been desecrated in the 1960's, when the former coal mining town was all but abandoned. The graveyard is still in a sad state of disrepair, reclaimed by the Cascade wilderness decades ago.

Tried to find Jack Muncie's grave site, he was Jimmy Claxtons' former coach in Ravensdale 1910-13. The first coach to integrate the local, Coal Miners League. Claxton began his career as a catcher for the local nine. Muncie was tragically killed in a mining accident in November 1915 along with thirty others. Many of them prominent town members listed in link below.

I could not locate it, and was heartbroken to see the sarcophagi of others spread around the heavily wooded area. Absolutely horrible, if you know of at risk sites please volunteer the time to assist in the preservation of history.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...ed=0CD8Q9QEwCQ
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