Part of the challenge of making people aware of cemeteries' historical significance is getting past the myths and superstitions of spooks, haunts and ghosts, cemetery proponents say. We encourage people to walk around and appreciate what's there. Kintop couldn't agree more. The grave of Morris Cutler is marked by a carved stone next to a larger marker in the Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha. Cutler had one of the first homesteads in Waukesha.
Local historians praise cemeteries as great places to get a sense of the region's history.
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