Pioneer Cemetery

We had seen a marking on a trail in the campground map at Forest Lake that there was a Pioneer Cemetery and our friend Allen had walked by it, so on Monday afternoon, we rode our bikes there...

It appeared that someone had recently put artificial flowers at each headstone.

It was odd because some of the headstones were totally worn away, and others were still very legible - this was the most legible, though it appeared that it may have been repaired more recently... "Elizabeth Cope, born March 7 1811 died October 26 1822 Age 11Y 7M 19D Dau John Cope". (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149696219/elizabeth-cope)

Looks like 1809 -- according to another source, Johannes Kob, died 4 Jun 1809 (https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2585755/memorial-search?firstname=&middlename=&lastname=&cemeteryName=Pioneer+Cemetery&birthyear=&birthyearfilter=&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby=r&plot=)

Information found online: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149697250/johann-frederick-cope

It had rained a bit over the preceding days, so the trail through the woods had some muddy patches, but we made it through. There were a lot of trails in the woods around the Forest Lake campground that were suitable for 4-wheelers or golf carts, so they were nice and wide for bike riding.