PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- There's a new deal on the horizon for a historic, border-straddling cemetery that took years to fall into disrepair and will likely need years to mount a comeback. It is just ...
For years, Mt. Moriah Cemetery was abandoned. Trees, vines and bushes grew over the graves. The brush hid obelisks from view and roots cracked monuments' stone. Approximately 200 acres - reclaimed by ...
On the edge of Philadelphia, Mount Moriah cemetery sprawls over 380 acres, spreading into Delaware County and sheltering 80,000 thousand graves. But when Paulette Rhone goes there to visit her husband ...
A 1930s tombstone among the plants. Photo: Allison Meier Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Philadelphia's Mount ...
Sprawled across almost 400 acres of land, encompassing the Borough of Yeadon and along Philadelphia’s neighboring Cobbs Creek, sits the historic Mount Moriah Cemetery. Incorporated in 1855, the final ...
Mayor Michael Nutter and a group of volunteers were hard at work in Southwest Philadelphia on Saturday. The volunteers began the long process of cleaning up one of Philly’s oldest and largest ...
Paulette Rhone dared the truck to run her over. She watched the white pickup pull through the front gate at Mount Moriah Cemetery, the trunk overflowing with landscape debris. The two drivers were ...
The graves of Wild Bill and Calamity Jane were not desecrated, but someone did damage six tombstones and remove the only Chinese gravestone at Deadwood's historic Mount Moriah Cemetery. The short, ...
Mount Moriah Cemetery is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing places in Philly. The historic cemetery that sits along the meandering Cobbs Creek occupies a sprawling 200-some acres and dates back to ...
The cemetery dates back to the 19th century. Unlike more exclusive graveyards, such as The Woodlands two miles to its northeast, Mount Moriah welcomed African-Americans, Jews, and people of modest ...
On the edge of Philadelphia, Mount Moriah cemetery sprawls over 380 acres, spreading into Delaware County and sheltering 80,000 thousand graves. But when Paulette Rhone goes there to visit her husband ...
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