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Tour leader, Cyrus Moore, of Southeast Ohio Historical Center (right) talking about Athen residents who are buried in the West State Street cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. The tour was sponsored by the Athen Library and Rural Action. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)

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Tour leader, Cyrus Moore, of Southeast Ohio Historical Center (right) talking about Athen residents who are buried in the West State Street cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. The tour was sponsored by the Athen Library and Rural Action. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)
Tour leader, Cyrus Moore, of Southeast Ohio Historical Center (right) talking about Athen residents who are buried in the West State Street cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. The tour was sponsored by the Athen Library and Rural Action. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)
Carey Lea (left), of Athens, Ohio, looking at a grave with Margy Kramer, (middle) and Molly Thatcher during Graves of Early Athenians: an Athens County 101 Walking Tour at the West State Cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. According to Athens County Visitor’s Bureau, the West State Street Cemetery is home to the Angle of the Unknown soldiers, which is a gravestone for the unidentified soldiers buried in the cemetery. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)
Carey Lea (left), of Athens, Ohio, looking at a grave with Margy Kramer, (middle) and Molly Thatcher during Graves of Early Athenians: an Athens County 101 Walking Tour at the West State Cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. According to Athens County Visitor’s Bureau, the West State Street Cemetery is home to the Angle of the Unknown soldiers, which is a gravestone for the unidentified soldiers buried in the cemetery. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)
Tour goers looking at the grave of Enough Hannaman, who was an Ohio University student when the school first opened in 1804 during Graves of Early Athenians: an Athens County 101 Walking Tour at the West State Cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)
Tour goers looking at the grave of Enough Hannaman, who was an Ohio University student when the school first opened in 1804 during Graves of Early Athenians: an Athens County 101 Walking Tour at the West State Cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)
Margy Kramer, of Athens, Ohio, looking at a grave during Graves of Early Athenians: an Athens County 101 Walking Tour at the West State Cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)
Margy Kramer, of Athens, Ohio, looking at a grave during Graves of Early Athenians: an Athens County 101 Walking Tour at the West State Cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)
The tour looking at a gravestone with a Weeping Willow engraved on it during Graves of Early Athenians: an Athens County 101 Walking Tour at the West State Cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. “The willow is a very common on the gravestones of this time period,” said Carey Lea, who is a grave yard enthusiast and walked the tour. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)
The tour looking at a gravestone with a Weeping Willow engraved on it during Graves of Early Athenians: an Athens County 101 Walking Tour at the West State Cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. “The willow is a very common on the gravestones of this time period,” said Carey Lea, who is a grave yard enthusiast and walked the tour. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)
Carey Lea reading the a the name on a grave, instead of a traditional grave stone a petrified stump was used, during Graves of Early Athenians: an Athens County 101 Walking Tour at the West State Cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)
Carey Lea reading the a the name on a grave, instead of a traditional grave stone a petrified stump was used, during Graves of Early Athenians: an Athens County 101 Walking Tour at the West State Cemetery in Athens, Ohio, on October 1, 2016. (Carolyn Rogers/ WOUB)