A 1900 New York Daily Tribune entry says it “has been the Mecca of sentimental visitors”, revealing the grave received frequent visitors, a “rate of about fifty a day”, even a century after the publishing of the novel.
According to a 1900 New York Daily Tribune article, it served as “the Mecca for sentimental travelers,” suggesting it was visited by many people daily, around fifty individuals, long after the book’s release.