THIS IS THE GRAVE OF JENNY TOWNSEND , A MINERS WIFE KILLED IN A TRAGIC "ACCIDENT" IN THE WINTER OF 1882. STORY GOES THAT THE MINER WAS CLEANING HIS GUN INSIDE THEIR HOME WHEN IT ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED, KILLING HIS WIFE. SINCE IT WAS THE HEART OF WINTER HE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL SPRING THAW TO BURY HER. AND WHEN HE DID HE MADE A WHITE PICKET FENCE AROUND HER GRAVE BECAUSE HIS WIFE HAD TOLD HIM THAT WHEN WINTER WAS OVER ALL SHE WANTED WAS A HOUSE WITH A WHITE PICKET FENCE.
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