The shadows of wild wheat can be seen on the Damon headstone. Also, instead of hyphens, the dates are separated by open books - The Bible. The Cunningham Cemetery is listed I-5. Our information about the Damon family is based on the records of Patricia Ann Damon Butterfield. Cunningham in the early 1900s.
Railroad tracks cross in the foreground.
In a brief autobiography, W. R. Cunningham says he preached every Lord's Day at Cunningham during the later years of his life. This probably began in 1902 following the death of John Damon. He no doubt reached Cunningham by train from Ritzville. The town reached its peak in 1913 with an estimated population of 500. Today there are just a few scattered homes left in the village of Cunningham and the Christian Church has long been forgotten.