Henry Hier - Cedar Cemetery - Ouray, CO, USA
N 38° 05.851 W 107° 42.540
13S E 262451 N 4220101
A Dove of Peace with an olive branch can be seen in the Woodmen of the World emblem on the monument that marks the final resting place of Henry Hier in Cedar Cemetery, Ouray, CO.
Waymark Code: WMZ9Q7
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2018
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The Woodmen of the World are known today as WoodmenLife, a fraternal society that provides insurance to its members. Visitors to older cemeteries can frequently spot the tree trunk monuments that they placed at the graves of their members, although not every tree trunk monument out there was placed by the Woodmen of the World: It was common in the late 19th century to use a log to note that a person had died young, and many infants have such grave markers. Eventually, those tree trunk monuments became too expensive to produce, and headstones would be marked with a Woodmen of the World emblem of some kind. Earlier ones, like this granite headstone, featured a dove of peace with an olive branch in its beak, flying over a fallen log where the tools of the woodmen's trade -- hatchet, mallet, and wedge -- can be seen. Next to the emblem is "Here Rests a Woodman of the World", clarifying that Woodmen don't "lie", and the inscription is simple:
Henry Hier
1865-1911
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address: Cedar Cemetery 18510 Highway 550 Ouray, CO USA 81432
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