Peggy has been having some e-mail problems so I am forwarding this to the list for her. Joe pcsutton@flash.net wrote: > On Mon Jun 12 21:57:57 2000, jgeorge@inreach.com wrote: > > > Hi Peggy, > > > > I have kin in both the Avant and the Buckville Cemeteries so I'm always > > interested. > > > > Joe > > > > Peggy Sutton wrote: > > > > > Is anyone interested in Avant,Ark.,Buckville Cemetery near the Ouachita > > > River? There is an article in the Dallas Morning News on June 12, 2000. > > > Reply if you are. > > > > > > Peggy Sutton > > > > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > > Blakely Dam was conceived in 1909 to make a flood control dam and hydro-electric > station to hold back the Ouachita River 10 miles downstream.The people of > Buckville and Cedar Glades were chased from their homes. The Buckville Cemetery > grew 50 years ago when the flood control dam and hydroelectric project forced > tombs to be moved there from low ground. After the Ouachita covered the towns of > Buckville and Cedar Glades, former residents called the area Bucktown, U.S.A > . > The second Sunday of June each year, the former residents, children, and > grandchildren gather at Buckville Baptist Church. It took one year for the lake > to cover the houses. A mailman said two things were sure to happen...the dam was > coming and the world was coming to an end. The original residents said no matter > how far they scattered, they would always be a community, part of the one that > deveoped on the mountainside in the early 1800s. > > Before the lake covered the town, residents moved the church to a nearby hilltop > next to the local cemetery. Tombs that would have been under water were > unearthed and moved as well. When the dam started up, they had to move all the > bodies. The tiny rickety white frame church and tiny cemetery are the only proof > that the towns of Buckville and Cedar Glades ever exited. Much of what was in > Buckville is now in Avant....The road to Avant is still called Buckville Road. > > Life before the lake covered the town: it looked like an old Wetsern > town..wagons along the road between Cedar Glades and Buckville. The cemetery > only has room for those with ties to the original community. > > Maybe this will be helpful to some of you. This is my condensed version of the > one in The Dallas Morning News on June 12, 2000 that covered the Buckville 2000 > reunion. Peggy Sutton > > > > http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/GenSoc/Ar/AGS