History & local legend
Earlyville Cemetery stands on a hill beside Route 948 in Elk County, above a former mining settlement. Dr. Charles R. Early laid out the village in 1865. By 1867 it included railroad facilities, shops, homes and a Presbyterian church, later moved to Dagus Mines. The cemetery remained after much of the settlement disappeared.
Its unusual ghost tradition specifies morning rather than night: around 9:30 a.m., a reddish-purple haze is said to appear near the wooded end of the grounds, accompanied by a boy’s singing.
