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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: August 22, 2018
Caption: Captain Isaac Newton Hook’s Tomb
Additional Description: The nine-foot high structure appears to be made of concrete and was recently whitewashed. Legend tells that the riverboat captain designed his tomb with a rounded top to prevent his wife from dancing with joy on it, as in a moment of temper she had promised to do.

The small platform on top held a skiff to take him away in case of a flood. A flood indeed came and took the boat away some years later. He minced no words stating his views on God, death, and the 15th Amendment on the stone tablet (photo 6) cemented onto the tomb.
Submitted: August 24, 2018, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p442299
File Size: 20.456 Megabytes

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