Gone but not forgotten: Cemetery association maintains historic graveyard
Maynard Rost, left, and Arlene Wilson clean off the gravestone of Rost’s grandparents and Wilson’s great great grandparents, Inger D. Amundson Rost and Carl Ludwig Rost, who were the original homesteaders on the Swan River, during the annual cleanup at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Jessie and Jeff Wade scoop debris into the back of a pickup to be transported to a burn pile during the annual cleanup at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The gravestone of Stanley N. St. Sauver, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, and his wife, Charlotte St. Sauver, at the Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The gravestone of Andrew J. Eslick, a U.S. Army veteran of the Civil War, at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15.
Arlene Wilson cleans debris off the lettering of a gravestone belonging to Charles W. Morrill, a U.S. Army veteran of the Civil War, at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Tim Darr scoops up piles of debris during the annual cleanup at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Tim Darr scoops up piles of debris during the annual cleanup at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Arlene Wilson, left, and Darlene Smith take a break from cleaning up debris at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The gravestone of Jerry E. Sterrett, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, is shown at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Page Rost rakes debris into piles during the annual cleanup at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The gravestones of Irene E. and Fred E. Butterfield, U.S. Navy veterans of World War II and husband and wife, at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Bill Morton uses a weedwacker around a group of gravestones during the annual cleanup at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Tim Darr scoops up piles up debris while Jessie Wade uses a weedwacker around gravestones during the annual cleanup at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The gravestone of Arual V. Morley, a U.S. Army veteran of the Civil War, at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The gravestone of Charles W. Morrill, a U.S. Army veteran of the Civil War, at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Tom Maxwell uses a weedwacker around a group of gravestones during the annual cleanup at Lone Pine Cemetery in Bigfork on Friday, May 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
One hundred twenty-one years of Bigfork history is laid to rest in Lone Pine Cemetery.
Up a gravel road behind the Real Life Church, the cemetery spans across the hillside, looking out on the Swan Range...
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