The Last Spirit of Fall Brook

Fall Brook Cemetery is located off a state forest road in Ward Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Its fallen and broken gravestones bear witness to the passage of time as no burials have occurred here for over a century. The graveyard rests in quiet abandonment with its secrets buried among the departed. The names of the lives once lived are now etched in moss covered stone. Visitors who venture here may feel the weight of history. Fall Brook Cemetery, now a silent sentinel, cradles the memories of those who danced at harvest festivals, who whispered secrets under moonlit skies, and who weathered many storms. Their stories are like the gnarled roots of apple trees intertwined with the very soil that cradles them. And so, in my humble endeavor to honor these souls, I compile their names as a litany of 67 remembrance. I pen their stories, not as mere dates and inscriptions, but as echoes of love and loss. For they are more than names etched in granite; they are the heartbeat of the community that once thrived here. In this abandoned town, where the wind rustles through forgotten doorways and wildflowers reclaim the streets, I offer my tribute. With each keystroke, I resurrect their voices, weaving them into the fabric of my book. Their legacy, obscured by time, deserves recognition-

a whispered promise that they shall not fade into oblivion. And so, dear reader, as you scan the pages of my work, know that it is not just ink on paper. It's a bridge across centuries, a bridge that spans the gap between the living and the departed. For in honoring their memory, we honor our shared humanity- a beautiful tapestry that transcends the boundaries of time and place. "Here lies our past," the gravestones murmur. "Remember us:" Fall Brook Cemetery