Featured in this lot is this 19th century Montana wooden plank tombstone or grace marker. The tombstone or grace marker is wonderfully and professionally crafted with a single plank of wood, that is extremely porous due to age and weather with the bottom rotten from being in the ground. These markers would have been used to mark the grave sight of a fellow comrade or family member and a plaque with their name and death date inscribed and nailed to it; although sometimes these markers were left unnamed and were considered a sign of disrespect or desperation to move on. A headstone, tombstone, grace marker, or gravestone is a stele or marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. It is traditional for burials in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions, among others. The condition of this wooden tombstone or grace marker is preserved with serious weathering to the plank along with gashes to the wood face of the marker but otherwise shows a preserved condition. The measurements of this tombstone or grace marker is 37 7/8" x 15" x 1 1/2". The collective weight of this tombstone or grace marker is 14lb 10oz.