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Maruska Farm Cemetery

Island Lake Township, Mahnomen County, Minnesota, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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    "There is limited access to the graveyard. The only reliable access is across [private farmland], all other rounds would demand going through wet areas."

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Article regarding this cemetery entitled "A cemetery of the young turned over by farmer to the White Earth Band" is found in the July 11, 2007 article of Anishinaabeg Today on page 11.


"A visit to the site revealed a handful of headstones that had been flat on the ground for untold years. Most of the stones bore descriptions denoting the deceased were young children. Two headstones indicated someone beyond childhood, and that was for an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old. The period covered int he cemetery was from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The latest known death date in the cemetery was 1918.

...the site, located in Island Lake Township in rural Bagley...there is no record of the cemetery in the county's records...Most of the deaths were not recorded in county or state file."

Article regarding this cemetery entitled "A cemetery of the young turned over by farmer to the White Earth Band" is found in the July 11, 2007 article of Anishinaabeg Today on page 11.


"A visit to the site revealed a handful of headstones that had been flat on the ground for untold years. Most of the stones bore descriptions denoting the deceased were young children. Two headstones indicated someone beyond childhood, and that was for an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old. The period covered int he cemetery was from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The latest known death date in the cemetery was 1918.

...the site, located in Island Lake Township in rural Bagley...there is no record of the cemetery in the county's records...Most of the deaths were not recorded in county or state file."

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  • Added: 19 Oct 2023
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2788334