Cherokee, Alabama -
Coon Dog Graveyard
Key Underwood buried his coon dog "Old Troop" here in 1937. Since then, the procession of dead coon dogs hasn't stopped.
- Address:
- Coondog Cemetery Rd., Cherokee, AL
- Directions:
- Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard. 7 miles west of Tuscumbia on U.S. Hwy 72. Turn left (south) on AL Hwy 247, go 12 miles, turn right, and follow the signs.
- Phone:
- 256-383-0783
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Coon Dog Cemetery Since 1937 this formal cemetery, officially named the Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard, has held the remains of nearly 200 true-blue coon hunting dogs, marked by a wide assortment of professionally-carved marble headstones, homemade wooden signs, locally-found boulders, and many others. The nearly 20-foot central obelisk is a concrete tree with a pair of coon dogs with their front paws on on the trunk.
Parking is easy, and there is a covered pavilion, picnic benches, and an outhouse (for ladies, the sign says). I guess guys just do it like dogs, on the trees. [Felder Rushing, 04/30/2006]
Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard This is a cemetery that is restricted to coon hounds. There are many gravestones and several intricately carved sculptures of coon dogs treeing coons. [David Smith, 12/03/1998]
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