Abandoned barn, all family members buried in cemetery on property?
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- Very bizarre abandoned property where it seemed like the entire generation of family members were all buried in a newly built cemetery on the property.
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Franklin County town of Kahlotus - maybe more accurately described as an extended family of 220 people - is reeling from the deaths of two brothers who were community leaders. Kurt Harder, 45, and his brother Eric, 39, died Friday when they were overcome by fumes while using a gas-powered pump to drain a leaking cistern at Eric’s home. The brothers planned to drain the 6,500-gallon cistern, let it dry, then patch it and refill it. The enclosed cistern has a 3-foot hole at the top and a ladder that went straight down into the tank, said their older brother, Bill Harder Jr. Kurt apparently realized what was happening and was able to climb out of the cistern and get to the house to call their father, Harder said. “He said something was awful bad and to get there as fast as he could,” Harder said. “Then he went back down to try to save his brother. He tried to carry him up the ladder and he fell back down. That’s how they found them.” Volunteer firefighter/EMTs with Franklin Fire District 2 pulled the men out of the cistern and tried to revive them. One of the rescuers was also affected by the fumes. He was taken to Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco, then flown to Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane, Harder said. He has since returned home. The emergency responders are close friends of the Harder family, which likely added to the stress of the situation and concerns about how long it took Franklin County sheriff’s deputies and the coroner to arrive. But it appears there was confusion about when the emergency was reported to the county’s dispatch center. Sheriff Richard Lathim explained Monday that the initial call for help was never routed through the dispatch center, but rather was made to the homes of the volunteers in Kahlotus. He said deputies didn’t know anything was going on until just after 4 p.m., more than an hour after the incident happened and after a medical helicopter had been requested. An EMT called dispatchers around 4:25 p.m., said two people were in a well and there was a medical problem and asked for a deputy to provide traffic control at Highway 240 and Gill Road. Lathim said they didn’t know two people had died until 4:45 p.m. when helicopter personnel called. Deputies arrived around 5:11 p.m. “It’s a terrible tragedy. You have all these emotions going on and people reacting,” Lathim said. “I don’t think it would have mattered … if they would have called us first. I don’t know that there would have been a different outcome. It’s just a tragedy.” Harder said he wasn’t at the scene when the accident happened at 3 p.m., but many people were upset at how long it took for the bodies to be removed. Coroner Dan Blasdel arrived around 5:30 p.m., but the hearse didn’t arrive until 7 p.m., he said. “Most of the people sitting there were people we’ve grown up with for years and are really, really good friends of ours,” Harder said. “They had to just sit there with the bodies.” Kurt and Eric Harder were the great-grandsons of one of Kahlotus’ founders, Hans Harder, and were fourth-generation operators of the family farm and ranch. They worked with their father, William Harder Sr., and their older brother. Kurt managed the wheat farm, while Eric and his wife, Terri, managed the Hereford cattle business. “It’s not just going to be a great loss to the family …” Harder said as he talked about how his brothers grew up in Kahlotus, were active in the community and how Kurt was like a father to many in town. Kurt was chairman of the Franklin County Farm Service Agency, president of the Franklin County Wheat Growers Association and a Franklin Fire District 2 commissioner. He also was a member of the Natural Resource Conservation District, Washington Cattleman’s Association, National Cattleman’s Beef Association and Washington Wheat Growers Association. Eric was president of the Kahlotus Lions Club, chairman of the Kahlotus School Board and a Franklin Fire District 2 volunteer firefighter. He also was involved with the Washington Cattleman’s Association, National Cattleman’s Beef Association and Washington Wheat Growers Association. Superintendent Randy Behrens said he’s been fortunate to work with high quality school boards in his 17 years as an administrator in various districts, and Eric Harder was among the top two or three school board members he had worked with. “He demonstrated a thorough grasp of what it takes to make things work. He was not afraid to tackle challenges. He was not afraid to speak his mind … but he did so in a very civil manner,” Behrens said. Losing a critical member and leader of the school board is a tremendous loss, Behrens said, but he added that he knows the other board members are willing and able to step up and fill the gap. “Both Eric and Kurt were very active, very strong leaders within the community,” Behrens said. “The community of Kahlotus is going to miss both of them tremendously.” The brothers died the day before the annual Kahlotus Days festival, which takes place the first Saturday of June. They were on the Kahlotus Days committee and were going to be the cooks for the Lions Club breakfast on Saturday, their brother said. The Lions Club turned the breakfast into a memorial to the men, he said. They accepted donations for the breakfast and “the money box was just stuffed with donations,” Harder said. Eric Harder leaves behind his wife Terri of 13 years, a daughter, Nicole, 10, and two sons, Eric Max, 11, and Timothy J. “TJ,” 7. Eric and Kurt are survived by their older brother and parents, William George Sr. and Vivian Harder. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Kahlotus School gym. The brothers will be buried side by side at the Harder Family Cemetery
Thank you so much for this....it's fascinating!!
It's now 2018, but anyways, there are obituaries for Kurt Harder (one of the 1st two headstones seen). He was killed trying to save his brother (who's buried next to him) from a pump connected to a tank leaking fatal fumes. He died going back in to rescue his brother
Wow that's so tragic. Thanks for looking that up.
Sorry to hear that. R. I. P.
How sad
My first guess was the house burned down and the remaining family died in the fire in 2009 from the look of the dates on the headstones. Would like to know more details and if I'm correct.
I noticed that also , the dates 2009 ,,it's sad cause the one harder he or she is same age as me ,,,I saw 1969 to 2009 ,,so at time of death 39,, TOO YOUNG TO DIE
I love how you don't constantly talk all the time and pan slowly.
Thanks nellie! I am trying to give a good mixture of talking and putting in video clips. Some videos I did better than others. Always am improving on each video.
@@InfamousCrimeLocations Your doing great, stay safe.
Keep in mind this was filmed 3 yrs ago. So I feel that I have improved my camera and narration skills since this
Hi - just making sure you're ok with me posting a link to an article about the deaths that occurred there. I've tried posting a few times but it always disappears. Thanks!
@@lundad That's TH-cam automatically flagging it because there's a link in your post. I don't mind if you post it but TH-cam may mark the comment as spam
@@InfamousCrimeLocations wow. Ok. Thank you! Love your channel thank you very much
Any update on this family?
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I can tell you're a compassionate person who always speaks with respect for others. Wishing you much success.
More than likely the state took the land to build that highway behind you and in exchange they had to make sure the cemetery was protected.
I look at those buildings and try to visualize them being built. All the people, working and talking, laughing. Thanks ! Great video !
Totally. Me too. I thought i was the only one who does that.
@@lundad there’s probably a ton of people thinking like us
I was guessing that the remaining family sold the property and used proceeds to upgrade their existing cemetery. Thanks for your videos!
So, I loved that old barn. It was so well constructed, and that property is most definitely not abandoned. Did you not hear the cattle? You crossed a cattle guard on your way in. Those rails are spaced just far enough apart to stop livestock from being able to cross safely. Cows instinctively know this and don't try, they are afraid of them. You don't need gates up with cattle guards down. As far as the trees, they generally are anywhere you find water. Anywhere you generally don't see trees, then see a grouping of trees like this, you can bet there is a water source close by, generally, a small creek. Ranchers would put their houses close, and use them as a windbreak. That road is very well used. That is a family cemetery, some of the graves have been there for a very long time, some have yet to be filled, and there is plenty of room for more. Many people who have family places like this get their headstones in advance, knowing they have a place to be buried already, have their name and birth-date chiseled on it, and leave the end date , of course, for family members, thereby sparing them the expense of the headstone. This was most likely a much larger piece of property, and the highway behind came through, the property needed was taken by eminent domain, and part of the agreement was the new concrete and stairs and banking up the cemetery. The family most probably still can either run a few head of cattle, or lease it to cattle, and keep the remaining land and memories along with the family cemetery. Nice find. Please next time take more time in the structures, What you find boring, we find fascinating. It is our history. Oh, that white machine? A milk processing machine. No dead bodies, lol.
It was well built as a house.
Thank you for all that information it’s very interesting and you seem to know what your talking about .
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Hello I'm just reading your info, and thank you for explaining this bit of history nice and thank you Harman for giving us that tour around the Property.good jb on both ends.
Per the obituary they were both survived by their parents and a brother. Eric was married and had 2 sons and a daughter. It was a 4th generation farm that the parents, sons and Eric's wife were running at the time the accident happened. At some point after the family chose to shut the farm down and move on. Very sad story. They seemed to be a very close family that loved their family, their farm and were very active in their local community. They were the great-grandsons of one of Kahlotus’ founders, Hans Harder.
Thank you for the backstory
I enjoy your videos ,especially the ones from years ago. They are very sad,but it gives you the knowledge that the bad things that are happening now,are not just bad for now but also happened in the past.
It's pronounced like "Puhloose" :) Looks like you're having a great time man!
i've finally been inhaling your videos long enough to find these older ones, they're also terrific! love urbex and rurex (lol)
👍😃 Awesome, thanks again.
You love the same things I do, I love the trees on the lonely lane.
Very strange but also very interesting. Hope you find more out about this place and the cemetery itself.
Interesting photographic light upstairs....
I recently attended the burial of a former boss and he was buried in a cemetery named after his family. The cemetery was in the middle of nowhere off a road that was named after the cemetery so basically “His Families Name-Cemetery-Road”.
Interesting place!
I love finding cemeteries and even researching the family names!
(I'm a genealogist, Love studying my family lines!).
Safe travels, Eric!
:)
Bonnie Belle Yeah me too. I guess I like to get a glimpse into who people were and of course pay my respects! Made it to south dakota today. I'm trying to pump out videos to catch up to where I'm at currently but I have so many.
Harmin Vlogs.
I've never been to South Dakota, but I hope to one day!
Safe travels, always!
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I wish you could help me with my family line
It was really pretty how the light was going through the roof on the second floor of the barn
That's an awesome drawing
So beautiful
I'm always drawn to the abandoned barns and buildings driving through Texas yet I worry about trespassing. Beautiful property, interesting cemetery. I guess the ground covering prevents having to do much maintenance.
I see all your videos are a few years old,what are you doing these days, are you still on the road??? I love watching your vids because you make us feel like we're right there with ya 🙂do some more awesome vids Harman,because I love your work,great video videographer you are!!!
It sounds like you haven't seen my newer videos? I have been uploading constantly the last few years. I usually film 50 videos or so during the summer when I have time off work and then upload them throughout the year. Thanks again!
I can't stop watching your videos they are all very interesting to watch. Stay safe.
Thank you for the explore, seems peaceful where they are buried.
Thank you wendy. Nice to know people are actually watching some of my older videos
A butterfly flying g around you is a good omen a sign of Goodluck.
Probably the family asked to be buried there on their own land, along side their ancestors. They are all together.
Great job
A beautiful barn like that is a huge chunk of history that will be gone soon. I can hear the movement of the cows tied up. And smell the hay.
i lived on a farm when i was little i can hear cattle and smell hay we used to go up in hayloft and play in the hay what fun
Hey, Harmin.. as i mentioned before in one of your more recent videos.. im a fan of True Crime, along with Derelict Locations as well.. lastly, what i really like about your content, is when u go into a location u just stay silent... It gives a sort of chilled feeling inside, thinking of what may have happened at these locations.. or its quite possible that u could hear something paranormal...
Thanks Harmin, Stay Safe Out Their...
Pretty cool harman
looks like the land went bad so no crops . also 2009 economy started getting bad . or the gran kids etc decided to move on but still upkeep the cemetery . great vid . understandable the family would stay on land .
RetroMicky82 I didn't even think about the land like that. Interesting, thanks Micky!
Totally agree with you.
Wow..!! Thank you for showing this .. I am new to your shows which I find them quite intriguing .. Stay safe .. Thanks from Sydney Australia ..
hey thanks anna! This one was filmed 3 plus years ago so my filming and narration skills weren't very good. lol
Very weird that one ,you should look the Harden family up . Thank you Mr Harmin lv Shaza Australia 2021
They could have been moved there and new headstones put on. But, this is one of the strangest places for sure. Interesting.
Awesome. Beautiful Land.
Stay safe
Please be careful in abandoned places like this Eric. Bad people could be held up there. I use to have a long gravel driveway wood lined and would keep edges mowed. I always carried my pistol just in case a bad element showed up. I hope your armed for such a time, otherwise you’d be helpless. Love your videos, but I want you to stay safe sweetie.
This barn looks like it is straight out of a movie set. Awesome 👍😎🇦🇺🐨
Beautiful.
Liked the vlog interesting from Margaret P England
That was a huge barn, i couldnt get over the size or the roof section up the stairs. i noticed 2 of the harder family both died in 1969. but your right its strange having such newish looking graves in their garden, and only the barns there. hmm
That is a pioneer cemetery where people who first made settlement on the land.
You rock man
Setting aside land to form a family cemetery is very common in the South! Nothing weird about it.
This looked awesome and love how that whole area looked. Hey what happened to your thumb? Am i the only one that noticed? Loool
Sarah Danielle Thumb healed up and got the stitches out. :) Thanks for watching as always!
Thank you another great video
I throughly enjoyed this one because I love old barns, houses and graveyards.. this place is a little strange though..
Harmon be careful when you explore abandoned places some houses gave asbestos and the floors could be unstable and you could fall through also becarful if transients and hooligans it can be unsafe if your nit good at fighting or running.
Awesome videos yust like exploring wizh josh moe sargi omar gosh and other
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You need to be careful when exploring abandoned buildings by yourself. Too much meaness in this world today. Be safe!
I’m new to your channel find you a few days ago and I’m trying to watch some of your old videos
Hey thanks teresa!! I appreciate you joining my channel and watching some of the older ones. Keep in mind, my filming skills were like half of what they are now so the older vids aren't filmed as good.
Interesting
Hey I am the one you met at the fair in Boise
Forest Suda Hey Forest! I remember meeting you. I apologize for responding almost a year late. Hope you are doing well.
You are doing a great job 👏 making video's
At least the grave yard still look maintained...long may it be so
Good video, was hoping to see what was the the safe thing though..lol
Thanks..
Shirley Harrison I know, me too! Very creepy place
Where is this located Harmon? I wonder why the Harder family stopped building the house. The cemetary is sectioned off with fencing even tho they are all family. Would be interesting to find out who they were.
That was a cattle guard you walked across in the beginning of video, great video.
Ahh thanks Sherron!!
It looks like both structures were well built even though they are in ruff shape now they could be fixed up and made livable again.
Is the oldest grave 2009? I was driving so I missed it if you said
There is one from 2015
Would be nice if you mentioned what state youre in.
Do you research before you visit cemeteries, or abandon places?
Great vid
I hope you are carry conceal Harmin. Some of these places you venture in are real dicey. Who knows what you’ll find. Slip phone back pocket too. Good for calling 911. In case some big log falls on you Buddy.
There is a group of people from all over the states who are assigned cemetaries, near where they live obviously. They take pictures of graves with lot numbers, data, etc. The Mormons of Utah support a repository for ancestry and grave locations. You should see if they are interested in small private family cemeteries like the one pointed out in this video. .
😳 Took guts to even try and open that thing!! 🤣
Hey Harmin, Mitch here! Yes changed my name, I'm on the run... Shhhhhhh🤫 jk. Hey that Grate you walked over... What did the Cow say when he came across it? Oh Great! 🤣 Wait.. Cow's don't talk bro! Take Care, Be Safe!
WHY do kids have to paint things.. it's really annoying.
Some people call it an art form. Those were rather well done “tags”. My son-in-law used to be into this when he was young and tried to get me to understand why he liked it. My terminology may not be correct. I used to hate graffiti too. Now I enjoy seeing trains with interesting tags. Still don’t like to see natural settings with graffiti but, then again what is ancient cave art......
Expressing themselves better than robbing and killing and looting and ect...
They probably lived on the homestead at one time and they were just buried there after they were deceased and that's where they'll stay. 🤔🤔🤔👍
Very spooky
Karen Sanchez Thanks Karen! It was indeed. :)
Not spooky to me.
The property must been in the family for generations!..... Mabe it was in the will to be buried there!
Long time ago a family could be planted there own land. Some had stoned and some didn't. I know of 3 small cemetery . may the family members all RIP.
I have left a few comments on this video recently. Just an article re the brothers deaths. My comments keep disappearing. ?
Pretty sure that first barn is my great aunt and uncles old property. It’s been abandoned since the 1980s
Really?? No way. That is so crazy coincidence. I hope I didn't show disrespect or anything. I always try to be as respectful as possible. So was that your family that was buried there?
Really can you tell us more of the story it is so fascinating
How can I find the video he was on his way to make..... but stopped and made this one along the way?
Thank you so much.😊
I'd like to do something like this, only not by myself. I'd be looking for a big old trunk with alot of goodies inside.
Quite a lot of land though, I wouldn't think they'd buy(or force them to sell) the whole property. I could be wrong. Bizarre
Pa like puff Louse like loose falls.
It could be that someone in the community or family went in and redid a grave site that was in disrepair. I know my husbands grandmother paid to fix up a grave of a little girl in touchet wa. Because it was on farmland and it worried her that it would be unearthed. They put a new cross and a little wrought iron fence around it , but no name because they couldn’t find any information about her besides the family name I think.
Look up the name Harder...maybe would make a great video!!!! I am interested.
Cool video but do you ever get worried about getting nailed for trespassing? Looked like their was an old no trespassing sign at the gate.
There weren't any no trespassing signs. It was an old sign with nothing on it. Could've been something on there at one point. Yes I do take very big precautions. Thanks for watching and your concern
look up Johnathan Harder on youtube he goes to car meets. maybe he can tell you about the place. he could be kin to those thats buried in that cemetery.
Did you ever learned what happened to the property and why a cemetery right on the property???? interesting
In my state if you live rural, you can be buried on you own land. You must have a cement liner inside your grave on every grave anywhere here too. Each state has there own laws.
Looks like an abandoned methamphetamine lab in that Barn
Jeeperscreepers is what it looks like
That is a great movie. Although the producer has been arrested on many occasions.
Harmin, just to look at this Place Really you are walking in,
In Can tell How Creepy it is....😬🤭😳
Interesting and Scare too 🙄
Take Care, thanks for Share this great Video 👏🤗
Hope you dont come across a coyote or a bear that looks like bear country.
I am praying sure you are careful but I have to say it be careful especially walking down lanes
Lock with a lock down all the way to the end of December so we can see the tombstones
I dont mind if you pan fast as thats when i get some of my best catches
08:55 Don't open it.
So, you take a motor home.. Very smart... Are you by yourself, do you have a dog? LOL The barn wood is really expensive...
The barn does not look old.
This must be one of your early explorations. I was hoping you had someone else with you. That was a well built barn! It had to have been built at the turn of the 1800's to the 1900's. I wish you had closed the second story Hinged door that was open on the barn, just to keep that thing on there. It looks like that house had burn marks around the windows. Such a tiny little house, that had to be a garage and maybe the house really did burn down. How creepy to find a brand new cemetery with the remains of the family. The oldest tombstone is the one that is built like a tall church with a steeple on top. I think it all started with that one which looks to be one from the 1860's. I am familiar with different eras of tombstones. Wish you had gotten a date from it. Someone died at the age of only 40 in 2009! I wonder if that's when the house burned down. There are older gravestones in the back , those are probably from the early 1900's. Notice the fence built all around that cemetery. Don't go there at night. Something bad happened there to the Harder family. It looks like someone goes there to pay respects to their dead relatives. They had such a nice set up for a good life and it all went downhill. They lived in a valley and it probably was a good life for a while. The well probably ran dry and they sold some land to the State to build the highway. What a strange , yet good find. Your early work was very interesting. I wonder if you will revisit this if you find a crime took place there? Just don't go at night, buddy. Stay safe out there and take a friend along! Good work!
Next time put some dates up. Grave stone
Sorry about that karen!! I totally forgot
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This video is great love it dropped a like and a sub keep up the good content well down I have a abandoned video on my channel too go check it out
by isaac bishop Thanks for subbing and watching Isaac!! Will check it out
You need to improve your video skills!
Hey wayne, this video was filmed 3 yrs ago or so. My video skills were atrocious back then. Check my newer videos out if you can. I have improved greatly since this.
@@InfamousCrimeLocations Your videos are great all of them .👍
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