News Rural North Dakota cemetery home to Titanic couple's monument

Jason D. Tiller

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Just north of Casselton, outside of Amenia, is a small cemetery with a large monument in the middle. It honors the memory of one of this region's biggest Bonanza farm couple who just happened to be on board the Titanic 110 years ago.

Bookended by the quiet Rush River and a freshly planted soybean field, the Amenia Cemetery sits nestled in a grove of trees. But unless you know what you are searching for, you would never know the history behind this Chaffee family monument.
 
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