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Status: Historic Cemetery
Public Domain Photo
History
This is the second oldest cemetery in Arkansas. It was founded in 1843 after a 4 block parcel of land was donated.
Due it’s large number of important people buried within it’s borders it has gained the nickname “The Westminster Abbey of Arkansas”. These include 21 Mayors of Little Rock, 14 Supreme Court Justices, 11 State Governors, 6 US Senators, 4 Confederate Generals and numerous other military figures, doctors, lawyers, and other prominent citizens.
The Confederate hero/spy David O Dodd is also buried here.
Paranormal Activity
Both in the day and after dark transparent apparitions are seen throughout the cemetery. These apparitions also frequently show up in photos taken of the grounds.
The statues in the cemetery move on their own. Witnesses have actually seen the statues move right before their eyes. On occasion they actually been found on the lawns of neighboring houses.
Pieces of gravestones are also found mysteriously and suddenly in people’s yards who border the cemetery.
Unexplained money and trinkets – usually related to the period the person lived in – are found on gravestones; usually in the morning.
The phantom sound of flute music is frequently reported on the cemetery grounds. No reason for the music has ever been discovered.