Name/Title
Frank H. Busch and Native American Stone - 1916Entry/Object ID
2008.008.002.201Description
Frank H. Busch and Native American Stone at end of 12th Street.
Morning Enterprise, April 6, 1913, page 3:“GRAVE OF PIONEER WOMAN UNCOVERED”
While workmen were excavating in a basement in one of the houses belonging to Frank Busch on Twelfth Street Saturday, a grave was found which is believed to be one of the oldest graves of a white person in the Northwest. The coffin was made of heavy cedar planks which had been hewn out with an ax. They were put together with large hand hammered spikes. The bones in the coffin are in a poor state of preservation and it is thought that they are probably those of a woman as they are small. Although the grave was in dry sand, it is so old that the cedar has decayed. It is estimated that the grave is probably 65 or 70 years old, because of the fact that hand made nails were used in the casket. It is not likely that of an Indian, as there were no beads or other Indian relics found in it. Numerous other relics have been found in the same neighborhood, among which was a large stone table like the affair used for grinding corn and other cereals. (JAH 10/2022)Made/Created
Date made
1916Place
City
Oregon CityCounty
ClackamasState
OregonCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaNotes
Medium: Negative
Location of Negative: Society CollectionOther Names and Numbers
Other Number
Other No.: Gardner 201; Other Photo #: Busch, John #8