Iroquois County, IL Hauntings and Urban Legends - - - - -

Index "Alfonzo's" Grave Woodland's glowing grave. Beaver Cemetery North of Iroquois. Very evil looking. Blue Ridge Cemetery South of Sheldon. Secluded location, nice pictures. Crescent City Bridge Eerie encounters, a few pictures. Haunted Gates North of Crescent City. "Opening and closing" gates. Iroquois Trestle Site of supposed derailment. Good stories, a few pictures. Lantern's Lane South of Woodland. Mostly just local legend, I think. Mary Roff The home and gravesite of the possessed girl featured in the book Watseka. Old Texas Cemetery Interesting epitaphs, a few pictures.

Old Texas Cemetery The Story:  I don't have any ghost stories about Old Texas. Its located between Sheldon and Watseka, near Eastburn Hallow. For some reason this past year, the cemetery hasn't been kept up, so it looks pretty neat. Also, many of the graves have interesting epitaphs. The most interesting of which is on a grave located in the south-east corner of the cemetery. Near the bottom of the stone, the epitaph reads "I am not dead, but sleeping hear. [sic]"

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