Museum Memories: Oregon Trail Tombstone

This tombstone once marked the grave of a traveler on the Oregon Trail. S.M. Marshall was one of many who died from cholera while traveling west. According to local lore, Marshall requested to be buried on a hilltop, facing Kentucky where he had left his wife. His tombstone was found near Baldwin Creek in the township of Rockcreek.
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