10. Captain A. J. Whitney Lot
10. Toward the northwest corner of the cemetery is the lot of Capt. A.J. Whitney, a steamboat owner and contractor with the U.S. Engineers, who hauled supplies and equipment up and down the Mississippi. As the story goes, he had his steamboat loaded up one weekend, when a storm came through, tearing the boat from its moorings. The boat drifted downstream toward the Crescent Bridge, and since the crew had no steam up, they could only drop anchor. The anchor dragged and finally caught, and was bent. Captain Whitney said later that the bent anchor “saved his bacon” that day, and the anchor now rests on his grave.
