5.30- Midyette Family Cemetery

This is the old cemetery started by Oriental's founding family, the Midyette family. It is just west of Midyette Street on the banks of Camp Creek. I just met the present owner of the property, whose ancestors were also among the early settlers of what became Oriental (some buried here), and he invited me to stop by the property, take pictures, and talk Oriental history.

It is a beautiful setting in an old pine tree grove, birds singing all around. It is shaded all day long, which is great for a resting place, but not great for photographs. Also, it only a great resting place if your blood is no longer warm, as mosquitoes abound.

The last picture is of an old saw blade, could be 80-100 years old, which the property owner found near the cemetery recently. Oriental was host to several saw mills at the turn of the 19th-20th century, including one mill immediately adjacent to this site.

FORMAT ANNOUNCEMENT:

Starting today, at least for a while, I will be posting a standard Daily Dinghy Dock Picture at the end of my posts... that is, unless the Dinghy Dock is featured in my slide show or a "non-standard" picture of the day (see my previous two posts for examples of those exceptions).

The idea is to give precedence to other pictures while maintaining a daily record of the harbor/anchorage view from the Dinghy Dock... So, here is today's:



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