HAUNTED ARKANSAS PART FIVE

Mount Holly Cemetery

Well, I am back in the land of the living… for now. Feeling a whole lot better, so… without further ado, I give you The Mount Holly Cemetery.

Mount Holly is currently open to the public and located on 12th street in downtown Little Rock. It is the final resting place of many of Arkansas’ most prominent early leaders, governors, senators and Confederate Generals.

Mount Holly was established in 1873, which is less than a decade after Arkansas became a state. Mount Holly Cemetery is not the oldest but is said to probably be the most historically significant cemetery in Arkansas.

The cemetery is the final resting place of executed 17-year-old Confederate spy, David O. Dodd, who is the most famous of the Civil War soldiers resting there (his story at a later date) as well as five Confederate generals and countless Confederate soldiers.

Also buried there are 10 former Arkansas governors, 6 United States senators, 14 Arkansas Supreme Court justices and 21 mayors of the city. Some of the stones date back to the 1800s.
Some of the paranormal goings on reportedly is that some of the statues move in front of them and supposedly photographic proof is there to prove it. Photos taken at the cemetery have ghostly images of what looks like people dressed in period clothing; others have strange lights and apparitions in them. Some say they hear a flute playing in the cemetery. Locals’ living near the cemetery has reported finding pieces of graves or statues placed on their lawns. It is also reported that trinkets mysteriously appear on graves.

So… on some dark and gloomy night… take a drive to the cemetery, get your camera, get me some pictures and we will post them here… if you dare!