Ranch Buildings in Southern Patagonia

rural cemetery

Estancia Cullen, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Rural burial-ground, 1940
For many years, there was no practical means of transporting those who died on remote ranches to the nearest public cemetery, perhaps days away by land or sea. Therefore, they were interred in a simple enclosure, close to the main settlement, such as the one shown here.

Ranch Buildings in Southern Patagonia