Wednesday, December 15, 2010

The Boys From Baraboo #7


Scan00000010035, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Typed on the back of this picture:
Chas E. Walters
Sept. 15, 1870
June 10, 1897

C. E. Walters...killed when lightning struck big top center pole during
tear down in Whapeton, No. Dak.
Placed by popular subscription of towners.

Beneath that is stamped- C.E. Powell, Whapeton, N.D.


"A slightly different account of the funding"
Buckles

Posted by Buckles at 12/15/2010 06:04:00 AM

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Victorian cemetery grave markers were often symbolic. The broken pole signified an unfulfilled life, "cut down" before reaching fruition. You'll find a similar broken symbol on J. Augustus Jones grave; he died prematurely after being kicked by a horse.

15 December, 2010 09:44
Wade G. Burck said...

Buckles,
Coming from North Dakota, not to be mistaken for the counterfeit Dakota down south, or the frozen wasteland to the east, known as Minnesota or Herriott Land, the story I always heard was the funds were raised by the good citizens of Wahpeton, in Richland County, home of the North Dakota State College of Science, and the Wahpeton Huskies.

Wade Burck

15 December, 2010 09:46
Buckles said...

Looks like somebody went south with the scratch!

15 December, 2010 10:48
Wade G. Burck said...

Buckles,
Down south is the only place the hooligans would find sanctuary. To add authenticity to the "tale", can you imagine a show sticking around very long after something like this happening?
Wade Burck

15 December, 2010 11:40

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