Tree Shaped Tombstones - Gros Cap Michigan

We were driving along just having crossed the Mackinaw bridge into the Upper Penninsula of Michigan.  Off to one side was a small cemetery and even at highway speed a Tree Shaped Tombstone was visible.

Here's the monument, then a few words on the cemetery which proved to be more interesting than you'd expect.

A sort of white limestone instead of the customary yellow sandstone.

A member of the Woodmen Circle, the Women's Auxiliary of the Woodmen.  And a very French Canadian name in keeping with their settlement of the area.

Gros Cap cemetery is remarkably one of the oldest continuously used burial places in the US.  Starting in the late 17th century a community of Ottawa Indians lived on the adjacent lakeshore, with a population that reached 1500.  Their burial ground was much larger than the current cemetery which contains a mix of relocated indigenous graves, and both 19th century and modern European burials.