Beyond The Gates: 11/14/10

Kanab Utah, also known as "Utah's Little Hollywood" because there were many movies filmed here.

Kanab is a small country town, nice sized cemetery, and nice people.

Here are some pics. and learning comments (to go with the photos.) This is the front gates of the Cemetery, Welcome to Beyond the Gates!!!!

The Entrance Gates

Boulevard of Flag Poles lining the main road of the Cemetery

(left)           "that government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from
                     the earth" --Abraham Lincoln

This Avenue of Flags. was created as a Memorial to brave men and women who honorably

serve our country in the armed forces.

This project was initiated by the Kanab women's civic club.

It was completed with generous gifts of Flags, money, labor and time from veterans,

individuals, families, civic organizations, and Kanab city.

Avenue of Flags dedicated 1994

Monument dedicated 2002

(right) This Monument rising from broken pieces is a symbol of those we honor. Pioneers with broken lives but enduring Faith settled here.

Veterans of military conflicts, and their families, with courage pieced together lives

shattered by events not of their making.

Today we face both grim challenges and bright opportunities. May our choices reflect the spirit

of those who came before.

May those who pause to read these lines find renewed hope and courage!

Kanab Heritage Council 2002

These pic.s tell a story of the grave stone, and all the little ones below it, and the red hill.

These are my great grandparent's, they never lived in Kanab, but they wanted to be with all the little children (that's what all the small unmarked grave's are) they felt bad because they were out there all alone, and they loved the view from the Cemetery.

I love this grave because all the growth, at the base of the grave, is mint leaves.

They smell sooooo wonderfull!

Lamb on a mountain.

It's easy to spot the grave of a child, because most of them have a lamb.

This is a grave in the cemetery, all it is are piled rocks,
but were is the name???

Oh! There it is, that's cool!

I was trolling around the cemetery, and a man was nice enough to let me take pic.s

while he was setting up the grave.

To the nice man, thank you again!!!

Another pic. of the open grave, pretty right???

Small cross.

I thought this was a nice way to leave something beautiful.

Zodiac Sundial

Here's something to do before you die, get your grave stone ready!!

Very cool gazebo.

A grave stone that broke and got glued back together.

This is a very pretty sun flower, decor piece that was behind a grave.

Gazing over the Kanab cemetery.

Front gates.

now to tell you guys one more story.

This is where the first cemetery in Kanab was, (on the north end of the town), but they decided to move it so they could build houses. A man was hired to move all the bodies to where the cemetery is now, and rebury them, but one day while the man was still moving the body's he died. Most believe that because he was disturbing the dead, is the reason why he died. Here's a tip, if you plan on living for 70 more years, DON'T MESS WITH THE DEAD THEY WILL KILL YOU!!!!!!!