Photographs of Lost Cemeteries Pt.1

I dont know how it got into my head, I suppose it was when I was photographing an old abandoned church out by what people around these parts call Argo. As for how this turned into serching for abandoned and possibly lost graveyards, is slightly... Unbeknownst to me. Today I went out and decided to find a certain graveyard. The name it was given was Murrie Cemetery. Contents of the graveyard? One grave supposedly. I say supposedly because I have yet to find it. It is located somewhere in the back woods of Northeast Texas. I located the area of it, but not the actual place.

I was slightly lost looking for it, for one I'm not exactly familiar with all the roads names and markers in the area. I got close when I stopped and asked for directions a second time. It was an elderly man sitting in the chair, reading a magazine and having a drink out of a Dr.Pepper can. I asked him this that and another, and we began chit chatting, very nice fellow. He had never heard of the place or the name. But he did point me in the right direction nevertheless.

I then found the road, and started down it, _1/10th of a mile. Location sort of found. I was suppost to head north for another _1/10th of a mile and I would find it, I have a inkling that I headed in the wrong direction, but not all was lost. I did happen upon an old barn, possibly a house, and an old water well that had been filled in. I took a few snaps of them, mainly for documentational purposes. The weather wasnt looking too good. So I headed back to my truck with it in mind that I would very well try it once the weather was clear and I could get some deep shadowing and what not in the photo.

In other news Im having my negatives scanned and placed on disc for me. They are not of the previous events I just told but once I develop those negatives Im sure I will have them scanned as well. This is an ongoing project I plan to see out. To me its rather interesting.