This is the grave of Kid Nichols. Born in 1869 in Madison, Wisconsin, Charles Nichols grew up as a working class kid, the son of a butcher. The family moved to Kansas City when he was young. He became
This is the grave of William Nolde. It’s hard to imagine being a family member and knowing that your loved one was the last person to die for a terrible horrible mistake. That was the case of Wi
This is the grave of George Horace Lorimer. Born in Louisville in 1867, Lorimer grew up pretty well off the son of a prominent minister. who had churches in several big cities over the years. Lorimer
This is the grave of Tammy Faye Bakker. Born in 1942 in International Falls, Minnesota, Tamara Faye LaValley was born to a pair of Pentecostal ministers. But her parents divorced shortly after, turnin
This is the grave of the unidentified victims of the Windsor Hotel Fire. The Windsor Hotel opened on 5th Avenue and 47th Street in New York in 1873. It was an elite hotel, the kind of place the rich w
This is the grave of John Foster Dulles. Born in 1888 in Washington, Dulles was the scion of the nation’s most elite foreign policy family. His grandfather John Foster was Secretary of State und
This is the grave of William Fulbright. Born in 1905 in Sumner, Missouri, Fulbright grew up wealthy. His father had a number of businesses and his mother proved to be an excellent manager of those bus
This is the grave of Carrie Nation. Born in 1846 in Garrard County, Kentucky, Carrie Moore (her name sometimes spelled Carry, but historians generally use the Carrie spelling despite the gravestone) i