Ogallala, Nebraska

The Boot Hill Genre:  Of those buried here, "many came by running afoul of the law -- some for stealing another man's horse. . . Most were buried with their boots on, thus the name Boot Hill. Their bodies, placed in canvass sacks, were lowered into shallow graves and marked with a wooden headboard." Over a hundred years later, the ordinary events that transpired on the Nebraska frontier are recalled by historical markers. Thus, our sense of place is not only perpetuated but mythologized. Boot Hill Cemetery. [2019]