McClusky Cemetery

When the lake was made in 1942, the graves at the McClusky Cemetery were documented as moved. Most of these graves were very old at the time, and would have been of the wooden variety. If those wooden caskets had rotted away, then only a small amount of the rotted remains would be moved. As one can easily see, the red clay of Kemper Flats (also known as Clark Bottom) had filled in around those old caskets and casted a perfect mold of them. After sixty years, the lake has washed away the top soil, revealing the casket shaped depressions in the soil. The graves emerge from the lake surface when the level drops to about 645 feet above sea level. That information can be monitored at the following link. Lake Level. Recent years of erosion have nearly washed this special site away. Plan a visit before it is gone for good!

For more information, the story of McClusky Cemetery can be found in Stories From Dale Hollow.