Tour Overview
Tour of the original cemetery, originally named “The First German Protestant Cemetery of Green Township”
Part one of the walking tour of Bridgetown Cemetery. This tour focuses on the original, rural cemetery named “The First German Protestant Cemetery of Green Township”, established in June 1864. This portion of the tour looks at the mainly German Protestant population of Green Township in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the changes in the surrounding community which necessitated the change in direction for the cemetery from rural, ethnic-based cemetery to inclusive, multi-ethnic population. Please park along the side of the road nearest the receiving vault. For more information about the cemetery, please see http://www.bridgetowncemetery.com.
Stops
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Stop 1: Begin tour- Original Entrance of Cemetery
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Stop 2: Original Iron Fence
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Stop 3: Musekamp Family Lot
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Stop 4: Pilgrim United Church of Christ(aka First German Protestant Church of Green Township)
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Stop 5: Ahring Family Plot
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Stop 6: Musecamp/Muesekamp lots
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Stop 7: First opened section.
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Stop 8: New single lot section
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Stop 9: Menz Family Lot
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Stop 11: John Grinstead Headstone
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Stop 12: Headstone shaped like a tree without limbs.
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Stop 13: Menz/Morretta Family Plot
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Stop 14: Ruebel Family Plot
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