Oak Ridge Cemetery
Also known as Oak Hill Cemetery
Stark, Brown County, Minnesota, USA
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The offical name of this cemetery is "Oak Ridge" aka "Oak Hill"
This cemetery is associated with the ghost town of Iberia, also known as Brimstone Corners.
The town of Iberia was known as Brimstone Corners because of the Wild West atmosphere, which included fights, murders, elopements, robberies, political corruption, death (by Native Americans) grasshopper plagues, scandals, epidemics, and an appearance by Jesse James who allegedly stole a horse in Iberia on his escape from the famous botched robbery in Northfield, Minnesota.
The cemetery shows evidence of several fatal attacks by Native Americans, including 6 members of the Bluem family wiped out in 1862 during the Sioux Uprising, leaving only one family survivor to tell the tale.
Iberia was officially founded in 1862, taking its name from a town in Ohio which was the home of the first settler. The town prospered until the early 1900s, when the town was bypassed by the railroad and its mill closed.
The cemetery was abandoned for many years, but in 1970 the Brown County Historical Society and concerned citizens took steps to restore the cemetery. (Source: Minnesota's Lost Towns, Southern Edition, by Rhonda Fochs)
The offical name of this cemetery is "Oak Ridge" aka "Oak Hill"
This cemetery is associated with the ghost town of Iberia, also known as Brimstone Corners.
The town of Iberia was known as Brimstone Corners because of the Wild West atmosphere, which included fights, murders, elopements, robberies, political corruption, death (by Native Americans) grasshopper plagues, scandals, epidemics, and an appearance by Jesse James who allegedly stole a horse in Iberia on his escape from the famous botched robbery in Northfield, Minnesota.
The cemetery shows evidence of several fatal attacks by Native Americans, including 6 members of the Bluem family wiped out in 1862 during the Sioux Uprising, leaving only one family survivor to tell the tale.
Iberia was officially founded in 1862, taking its name from a town in Ohio which was the home of the first settler. The town prospered until the early 1900s, when the town was bypassed by the railroad and its mill closed.
The cemetery was abandoned for many years, but in 1970 the Brown County Historical Society and concerned citizens took steps to restore the cemetery. (Source: Minnesota's Lost Towns, Southern Edition, by Rhonda Fochs)
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- Added: 25 Nov 2008
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2284094
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