Erie Street Cemetery

Erie Street Cemetery in Downtown Cleveland. I had originally intended for the fence to be out of focus, but I like how it turned out.

Erie Street Cemetery in Downtown Cleveland. A close up of the E. 9th St. gate. E. 9th used to be known as Erie St.

Erie Street Cemetery in Downtown Cleveland. As you can see, there are some old graves here...

Erie Street Cemetery in Downtown Cleveland. I just couldn't pass up this one with the quote...

Erie Street Cemetery in Downtown Cleveland. As you can see, it was snowing quite a bit. Sad that William Henry died at 9 weeks...

Erie Street Cemetery in Downtown Cleveland. Joc-O-Sot, known as "Walking Bear", was a Sauk Chief that fought in the Black Hawk war in 1830. After the war, Joc-O-Sot joined a vaudeville troupe to make some money for his tribe. He became ill following a trip to England to perform in front of Queen Elizabeth. Legend has it that he wanted to be buried in his homeland of Minnesota and his restless soul still haunts the cemetery and sometimes Jacobs Field.

Erie Street Cemetery in Downtown Cleveland. Next to Joc-O-Sot's grave is Chief Thunderwater. An Iroquois Indian Chief from New York, Thunderwater was a local celebrity, worked in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and is often credited for being the inspiration for the Cleveland Indian's mascot, Chief Wahoo.

Erie Street Cemetery in Downtown Cleveland. You can see Jacobs Field looming in the background. The dense falling snow created an interesting haze.

Tuesday night, we went to play Whirley Ball in Bedford Heights.

More Whirley Ball action...