Tirsbol Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site

Address Restricted, Strasburg, North Dakota. County/parish: Emmons.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 23, 1989. NRIS 89001698.

1 contributing site. 3 contributing objects.

Also known as:

  • 32EM230
  • Tears Bowl
  • Tiraspol

From Wikipedia:

Tirsbol Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site

The Tirsbol Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site (also known as Tiraspol Cemetery), near Strasburg, North Dakota, United States, is a historic site that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It includes wrought-iron crosses. It includes work by blacksmith Paul Keller. The listing included three contributing objects.

Paul Keller, of Hague, was one of a number of "German-Russian blacksmiths in central North Dakota" who developed individual styles in their crosses and whose "work was known for miles around them.": 13 

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