Cemetery Strolls V: The Secret of Vollmer

Brojoghost and Kokohawk discover a secret forgotten and abandoned cemetery in Rural Washington County, Minnesota at about 3:02 AM. We also came across an abandoned VW Bug nearby in the woods, surrounded by big trees.

We explore the grounds of the old Vollmer farm, which might be haunted by the ghosts of a mother and infant, who both died just a day apart from each other in 1856.

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[GuruMN]

This is really cool, crazy that you found burials prior to 1958 considering that is when MN became the 32nd state when that part of the state used to be part of 'The Wisconsin Territory' right on the border of the Iowa territory. I wonder how many people lived in MN back when it became a state.

[brojoghost]

You mean 1858? :) I did a quick search and found that the Population of Minnesota Territory in 1850 was 5,354, not counting the Native Americans.

Aha: by 1858 the population had tripled since 1850, so roughly 15,000 pioneers.

Hard to fathom when today the Twin Cities Metro Area has about 2 million people, and the U of MN alone has 50,000 students!

[kokohawk]

I wish I was there with you. Wait, I was there :) That was a great wrapup. I had a great time. We should do it again sometime!

[brojoghost]

There's talk of a get-together on Sunday.... ;) Save Margo!

[eluko79]

Have you ever seen or heard of the pioneer cemetery in Little Canada? I found a makeshift map on an old tombstone in the catholic cemetery off little canada rd. I think it might be in spooner park somewhere.

[brojoghost]

that DOES sound familiar. If it is what I am thinking about, I thought it was near Gervais Lake or Gervais Mill Park, but either way, that is just a block from Spooner Park

[krapuldeluxe69]

Cool place there ,

Here in Belgium we got some interesting Urban locations to ,

gonna post a videoreaction if it's good for you ,

Greets from Belgium Dj

[ZachTheHedgehog]

OOH IT'S A RAGTOP!! I WANT IT!

[troopergrindle]

Very interesting, I wish I was there also!  I think it's very cool that you just came upon it!

[GuruMN]

Yes, 1858, I mixed that up a bit. 15,000 is a small number, I feel that the city I live in is small and it has more people than the whole state did. I'd venture a guess that most of them were natives rather than pioneers before the population doubled.

[brojoghost]

I'm glad he was interested in doing this sort of thing :)

We should definitely all hang out on Sunday and "Rescue" Margo!

[brojoghost]

I'm hoping an automobile history buff will stumble across this video and be like, "that there is a Nineteen-something-something VW Bug, you can tell by the _________" ...I randomly looked up the 1964 model and looked at the interior, which is strikingly identical, but the Classic look probably stuck around unchanged for a long time.

Hopefully time will tell :D