This is so sad and really angers me. My great grandparents are buried in an Odd Fellows cemetery that was incorporated into another cemetery and is well kept. I am not even sure if there are any more Odd Fellows in that town. Again you have educated people with history and civic duty. Graves of people, no matter what their history is, should be respected. Thank you again.

Very commendable for you to take a stand here, and I’m glad you didn’t hold back. And mentioned that despicable marble company’s name. Hopefully this episode helps get the word out more. Politicians don’t care unless the public gets outraged. On Black Jack’s brother, I didn’t even know he had a partner brother. It was very interesting to see his grave and hear about the backstory of the gang. Great production Rhetty!

Rhett, I enjoyed the story about Old West outlaw, Samuel Ketchum and his brother, Black Jack. The story about this cemetery is simply "despicable" how a company like this marble and tile, could dump all of their trash in a cemetery, is beyond words. I appreciate your efforts is bringing this to our attention and to the attention of the state of New Mexico, it's really horrific that nothing has been done in the 2 years that you reported this. Take care 🐎

Thanks for another great video Rhetty!!!!. It’s really sad that the cemetery ended up this way. I feel as if people just get careless when it comes to cemeteries that have that look of being abandoned with old markers broken down, and shows no signs of visitations. As with all of your videos I learn something all the time, and with being a Wild West history buff I’m always excited to what you’ll put out next . Again, thanks for what you do 😇

Great video as always! Its a shame that graves get trashed like this. Makes me wonder if ours will end up the same way! The one photo you had of Mr Ketchum looked so much like one of Dr John Holliday they could be twins. Had to look it up to check it out. I have Holliday hanging on my wall along with others and it really amazed me. Appreciate you and your dedication!

So sad. I wish I lived closer, I would be out there working on it. I would suggest the Epa but I'm betting you've gotten ahold of them already. Great episode as usual. Many thanks.

I was contacted again by Mr Diaz and he says that between the Odd Fellows and the tile company they are going to clean it up..said a Mr Knowles will be making sure that it happens...YOU made a difference....Thank you!!!!!

Hi Rhetty, that's really nice that you are trying to get this cemetery cleaned up. Hopefully your video will reach the right person or group who will be able to make that happen. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

This is so sad that people don’t respect other people’s loved ones.

This is unbelievable. I’ve seen some bad stuff but nothing this bad. Great video. I appreciate you shedding light on this.

We need about 1,000 people to call & write the company.

I am the Noble Grand of the Santa Fe Odd Fellows Lodge. Captain Marble did NOT dump marble or anything else on our land. One of our members wanted the marble, asked Captain Marble for it, and brought it over in wheel barrow loads. This is in no way Captain Marble's fault. Please immediately issue a retraction. It is not right to blame a fine Santa Fe company for something that is not their fault, without even checking with them.

I totally understand your frustration my friend and admire your passion to see change. Keep on being you it’s one of the reasons I enjoy this channel.

Good morning Rhett 🙋🏽👍🏽👌🏾. that's really sad 😢. Thank you for sharing this with US ❤️👍🏽.

That’s a shame they aren’t cleaning the cemetery up. I’m glad you care so much, Rhetty. Happy New Year to you and yours.

Thanks Retty !! I sure love these old west stories. But sad to see the cemetery in a mess like that. Thanks for all the wonderful videos

Thanks for the video and your concern for this sacred ground.

Many thanks for another history lesson and showing a cemetery!

Loved the video Rhetty as always and a little bit of history thrown in sad the place not treated with the respect due Thankyou for sharing it x

Thank you for working so hard to try to get this cemetery cleaned up. *God Bless you.*

Thanks Rhett for another great interesting story. Stay safe out there.

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

Thank you hope something will happen for those buried there, I appreciate you taking and putting this company out there hope they will clean up there trash

The Odd Fellows have to make a plea to the city for help. You are correct, they are shrinking in membership, but they have liability. They sold those lots and sold them on the basis of “perpetual care.” They also have a duty to preform basic maintenance on the property. Now having said that, how sad for the families that are losing the graves of their people. Santa Fe should be ashamed that businesses are dumping in a public cemetery. Saying that I need to go visit out local cemetery, make sure the same thing is not happening here. Thanks for posting this video.

Happy thanksgiving Rhetty to you and your family!!

Missed your vids. Was too busy with work. Your beard is looking fabulous

A guy I know in Davao City had a friend die and went to his funeral and burial. Well he sent me pictures of the grave dug in the cemetery and it was appalling. All the way down and on all sides an bottom was nothing but trash as was the dirt from the hole. They were literally burying people in a landfill.

To Rhetty and the gang…Have a safe, and Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Another good video!

Thank you for this update. Regarding the odd fellows organization they have done so much good in the past. A friend of mine who grew up as a child in the Great depression was taken in by the odd fellows orphanage in Pueblo Colorado. She lost her mother in childbirth and she and her siblings had to go to the orphanage. My friend Millie spent the rest of her childhood years in that orphanage and when she was old enough she was able to live on her own. Thank goodness there was a place like the odd fellows orphanage that she could go to when her father couldn't keep her.

How sad that people show such disrespect. Shame on them. Thank you for speaking up about this shameful condition. This speaks volumes of sadness about the town's attitude towards the cemetery. Thank you for sharing. I hope that the company will start being more responsible.

I am from the UK and find history in your country interesting especially the outlaws .

Hey Rhett, love these videos that you make for all of us. Hopefully you can make it to South Carolina oneday.

Heartbreaking and thank you for all the hard work you do. So Fing frustrating. Pray for our government to help

Good of you showing that Rhetty, I am sure those responsible do not want that to happen to their grave or their families graves.

Beautiful sharing my dear friend

😎 what a travesty in that unkempt cemetery ….nice video Rhett

Happy Thanksgiving my dear Pal for you and a Bless for your family.

Thank you for sharing this video. Hopefully as a community will go volunteer to clean the Grave and especially the marble company. Thank you for showing this. The Road you mentioned is called Cerrillos Rd.

Sam was also a member of the Minutemen div of the Texas Rangers a few months in Nov to Sept 1872 in San Saba TX .... Thanks for another great video ♡

Good job Rhett. Glad you showing that disrespectful mess….maybe the town will do the right thing and clean up. Love hearing the stories of the Old West. You should check the Boot Hill Cemetery in Billings as I’m sure some good old stories there. Take care

I have always loved American history and your videos are wonderful travel shows. I watch you on Roku TV...very impressive on the large screen. Thank you for your respectful comments and appreciations for our history.

🥰👍‼️ I love the history I live in Albuquerque NM 💯 Right pronounced ‼️ I love old cemeteries 👍💯‼️ I love the Old West ‼️‼️‼️ My Great Uncle was a Odd Fellow in Delta and Olathe Colorado back in the 1800's‼️

Absolutely disgusting. So disrespectful not only by that company but also the local authorities.

I remember when you visited this cemetery the first time. So sad that nothing has been done and that the countertop place still throws their trash in this cemetery. Hard to believe the city isn’t doing more in regards to fining the company.

new subscriber here , loved your video

I want you to know I contacted 2 people on your list after watching this video...a Mr Daniel Diaz contacted me back saying they will be going out to the cemetery and taking a look and investigating it, hopefully we've made a difference . Plz keep up the videos!

** This is an update ** 12/01/2021 - KRQE 13 out of Albuquerque, NM which is about 60 miles away, picked up the story. They spoke to Captain Marble who stated that they did not dump the marble in the cemetery it was donated to the cemetery because they wanted to build a path with it but never did and that was 10 years ago. They also spoke to a person with the Odd Fellows who confirmed the story told by Captain Marble. The news then asked them if they had plans on cleaning up the marble. The Odd Fellows representative stated not any time soon and that They do not have funds to maintain the cemetery. After 10 years it really is time to throw those pieces in the trash. There is really no cost involved with throwing those out and picking up the trash. It's interesting how the marble is scattered throughout the cemetery. I guess homeless, kids and just random strangers have decided to throw pieces all over the cemetery in the last 10 years. There appears to be bo rhyme or reason as to how they are placed in the cemetery. The next step will be to encourage the Odd Fellows to clean this cemetery up. I've been in many Odd Fellows cemeteries across many states over the years and I have never seen one in this condition. I still feel the city needs to step in and just ensure that something is being done to clean this cemetery up. No need to worry about the weeds and broken monuments. The issue is with all of the trash. The link to the news article is below. www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/video-shines-light-on-neglected-historic-santa-fe-cemetery/ Please help make a difference in Santa Fe's Odd Fellows Cemetery. The main issue is the trash in the cemetery. The majority of it seems to be coming from the counter top/marble company that seems to be dumping scraps in the cemetery. Below is a list of email addresses to contact if you would like to help. Just explain the conditions in the cemetery and ask for something to be done. Please be cordial, nice and respectful in your request. Historical Society of New Mexico hsnminfo@gmail.com Jared LaPan Hill Santa Fe City Manager jlapanhill@santafenm.gov Carly Piccarello Historic Preservation Division Manager cpiccarello@santafenm.gov Bobby Padilla Inspections & Enforcement Division Manager bpadilla@santafenm.gov Marisa Sargent Santa Fe Historic Preservation Office mgsargent@santafenm.gov Historic Santa Fe Foundation info@historicsantafe.org Rob Marinez, State Historian: rob.martinez@state.nm.us Historic Preservation Division nm.shpo@state.nm.us Jeff Pappas, PhD State Historic Preservation Officer jeff.pappas@state.nm.us Michelle Ensey Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and State Archeologist michele.ensey@statr.nm.us Alan Webber Santa Fe, NM Mayor mayor@santafenm.gov

UPDATE ON THE STONE MISINFORMATION. Several years back the stone remnants were donated by Captain Marble to Odd Fellows Cemetery for use at the cemetery as steppingstones. Unfortunately, the stones were never utilized. The owner of Captain Marble is actually organizing a clean-up. No one tried to speak with them before this posting this which is a shame. Captain Marble has been wrongly maligned and is owed a public apology by someone. Numerous people here rushed to judge without knowing the facts. Please see comments from Noble Grand of the Santa Fe Odd Fellows Lodge, Meg Meltz, below.

Thanks

HEY, RHETTY HOPE All Is going well... WOW, I really can't believe how many different Cemeteries are in Disrepair and need to be cleaned up But that's allover the country that so many places need to be cleaned up so very sad That people use the graveyard as a trash dump If anyone get caught they should be fined or Mead to clean up the cemetery they are using for a trash dump OK take care stay safe God bless and will see you on the next video project

Great story, but sad that people seem to be treating the cemetery as a garbage dump.

Your voice sounds like you have been sick. Are you ok? Good video Rhetty. Sad to see nothing has been done.

I agree with you. It is so sad to see a company litter a cemetery and get away with it. No respect for anyone or anything any more. Maybe sooner or later some one will listen.

Hey Rhett, great video. Sad situation with the cemetery. They could be citated for illegal bumping. Since it's on private property, the people owning the property would have to make a complaint to the police. That is just so sad. Thank you for caring and trying to fine ways to remedy the situation.

Rhetty--The Oddfellows asked for scraps to use for walkways in the cemetery, but evidently has not used them.

Maybe if they made it into a minor tourist attraction with Sam Ketchum's grave as a focal point, along with his story, maybe then people will start to take notice, of the cemetery's condition. Just an idea. After all a lot of infamous people who have a lesser impact on the area's history seem to have been immortalised in their local areas.

Sad! I totally agree about that company!

This is a very good video but also very sad that nobody cares enough to do anything about this neglected Cemetery that company I agree should be fined and made to clean it up I don't think they'd appreciate it if it was any of their family members in that old Cemetery thanks for caring and trying to get something done who knows keep up your great work stay safe and have a wonderful week with your family have a great Thanksgiving

Sad to see a cemetery in this shape. I knew that Black Jack Ketchum had a brother but didn't know where he was buried at. Very interesting video as always Rhetty. Do you plan on visiting Black Jack Ketchums grave? I was trying to remember if you had been to Clay Allison's grave or not also?

WOW!

Might have missed it, but have you tried calling the newspaper and/or tv stations? There is usually some reported or editor that wants to do a public affairs type story.

on a side note, black jack ketechum, during his hanging, they miss judged the weight of ketchum and the rope, so he was decapitated when he was hung

Another great story. And I'm right there with you on holding people accountable for such deliberate destruction of a cemetery. Hopefully some listening ears that knows that company and has some legal clout can draw more awareness to what is going on there. I live in Arkansas so I wouldn't know who to reach out there. Maybe the scam alert producers of any network in that area? One of our local stations in Little Rock , KATV has a segment called "7On Your Side" goes after people and companies that are doing things like that.

Sad to see that anywhere

😠I agree with you. So sad.

Have a wonderful happy thanksgiving.

Heartbreaking

Cough drops will help with the throat,,take care Rhetty,,

Has the local newspaper ever done an expose of this travesty?

Black Jack was in the state pen a block away. Black Jack is buried in Clayton, NM. The pen has since been moved way out of town. I’m on the board for Fairview Cemetery if you need more info. They are cleaning up the Oddfelows Cemetery because they need to relocate approximately 115 graves that were found in downtown Santa Fe because there is a retirement home being built on the recently undiscovered cemetery near the Scottish Rite Temple.

The brothers both met a terrible end. Butch Cassidy is one of my heroes and favorite bandit so I learned about the Ketchum’s through their connection with him. I hate seeing neglected cemeteries. These people were loved and mattered. This makes me sad. Surely local citizens would pitch in to get things cleaned up? We have so little regard for history today.💔

There is another neglected cemetery nearby. Our Lady of Guadalupe on Cerillos and St Francis. It's behind the tire store and donut shop. All shabby and weeds overgrown.

Yep. It sure is disgusting. It’s difficult to understand why that company has so little respect for what is essentially a museum of the dead. Surly they should get a dumpster for all that stuff their lobbing over the fence.. recycle it or something. Anything other than dump it in a cemetery. Let’s hope someone with responsibility picks up on this and orders them to clean up their unsightly mess. Collectively our blood is boiling over this lack of respect. Well done for exposing them.

Residents who know this information should call the company and let them know they are not naïve to the dumping they are doing in the cemetery. Also, go into the company’s reviews and make it known.

So sad. I pray Something soon gets done.

What a ridiculously profane way to treat any place where people have laid to rest their loved ones. Even worse, members of our Nation's history are buried there.

That’s ridiculous and uncalled for!

Very disrespectful! There’s a secluded beach here in RI that’s a dump site like this, but I was able to grab enough bricks from there to make a fire pit

There is no good reason why the city could not take care of this cemetery. I live in a town of ten thousand people, with two cemeteries. Both are owned and maintained by the town and they are very well cared for.

My great grandfather was an Odd Fellow. I am glad his group is doing okay and can keep up its graveyard. I will contact those you listed.

Enjoyed very much but its terrible in what condition the cemetery is in .

Funny that the OFL want you to apologize for blaming the marble company yet hasn’t apologized to the families for the lack of caring for their own cemetery!!!

Whoever owns that cemetery etc should sue that company. They could sue for the clean up and for the fact that they did that. Then perhaps they could use that money to clear and clean it up. The company doesn’t want to pay to have their ruble taken away! Despicable!

Marble king , said they were asked to dump it there to make a sidewalk ! And that the would never just dump it.

very sad that such history is disrespected in this way

Well I guess you can call the owner of the company and the manager. And the last resort is get volunteers to pick it up and stuck it against the fence. All you can do. We had to do that with a cemetery here in Oregon.

That's bull I have a little cemetery I take care of with little kids in it it is south of silverdale ks across the ok line and looks like a town use to be there I hope you can find out I take care of it out of respect for how there help if you can keep up the good work thanks

Sent complaint. Don’t know if it will help or if I get response but it’s sent. Went to the top, director of that Santa Fe railroad who leases to them, and the Mayor of Santa Fe

The lack of respect for the living and the dead these days is really sad.

You say you "reached out" to lots of entities regarding the scrap marble and stone etc. Did you at any time "reach out" to Captain Marble for comment? Their phone number is right there on that sign. Let us know when you do.

So sad

What a shame...

This is so sad and disrespectful of what they are doing... It's sad that to think that maybe in another 30 yrs this place won't be much and history that made our country will be lost... The ppl that are putting trash in these places should be ashamed of themselves for being so disrespectful like really how would they or their family like what they are doing done to their family or themselves once they are gone

Perhaps someone with an endloader can load the scrap marble over the fence into Capt. Marble's parking lot...

Send this to mayor Webber of the city of Santa Fe. He and PNM have allowed the homeless and local businesses to trash this place. It’s a City of Santa Fe issue.

The actions of the people who left the trash are so disgusting and disrespectful to the memories of the people buried there. 😪

What a terrible company. I’m not shocked the state or city doesn’t care either. It’s not their loved ones in there. I bet it would be different if there were.

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Sad to see this cemetery. One of my great grandfathers is buried in the Texico, New Mexico cemetery. I visited about 10 years ago and it was well kept. Sad to say, many small towns, such as the one I went to high school in Oklahoma, have a hard time maintaining their cemeterys. Just not enough tax money being generated in the town any more.