~~~Keeping out the Cattle~~

UP-TO-DATE MFG. TERRE HAUTE CO. IND.- Specialty fence surrounding -John S. McCraken’s grave- 1905.

The Metal Fences surrounding the Graves in the Bodie Cemetery-

JOHN S. McCRACKEN- died 19 April 1905 Aged 42 years. Buried in Bodie Miners’ Union Cemetery.

Specialty metal fences were ordered from Mail Order Catalogs, and shipped to Bodie in pieces. Once constructed around a individual grave, the purpose of the fence was to mark the graves location on the open hillside.

The short fences, also deterred the wandering cattle from trampling the grave above ground, or getting to the contents in the buried coffin below ground.