While giving a fellow teacher a tour of the burial sites, possible battle grounds, and monument locations for both battles of Fredericksburg, Missouri, I saw a low-lying concrete wall near Corum Road in Excelsior Springs. It had to be a cemetery. We stopped to find out. My wife wasn't too thrilled (she never is). We definitely found a cemetery which I later learned to be called Nicholas Cemetery. My guess is that it is really Nichols Cemetery because of the names of some of the deceased.The cemetery is in pretty bad shape, but the wall is intact. Headstones are strewn around, a tree had fallen in, and dead weeds (it is January) are everywhere. An enumeration of this graveyard can be found at www.orwells.com/nicholas_graveyard.htm.
The most unusual aspect of this cemetery is that most of it is surrounded by a wall without an opening to walk through. There aren't any stairs to allow you access into the burial ground either. A small portion of the cemetery is east of the walled section and is fenced off with cattle pen fence. At least it has a gate.
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