At The Table Rock Cemetery- Long Ago Rules

It’s the Story
  • Tombstone of young Leland Wood, who died in 1907 at the age of 20. On the side is engraved, “His life went out in a mission of mercy.” He drowned in a flood trying to save a neighbor’s horse from their barn. He was a strong swimmer but apparently got caught up in a fence under the water.
    Tombstone of young Leland Wood, who died in 1907 at the age of 20. On the side is engraved, “His life went out in a mission of mercy.” He drowned in a flood trying to save a neighbor’s horse from their barn. He was a strong swimmer but apparently got caught up in a fence under the water.
  • At The Table Rock Cemetery- Long Ago Rules
    At The Table Rock Cemetery- Long Ago Rules

    Don’t you just love a good story? 

    Better yet, one set in Pawnee County. 

    About 1,800 people who have called Table Rock home are buried in the Table Rock Cemetery. Inside a perimeter of cedar and catalpa trees planted in 1882, the seasons pass over beautiful rolling slopes.

    The cemetery is older and perhaps more interesting than most people realize. While the Table Rock Cemetery Association…