Forwarding this with permission just in case it applys to someone on this list. ------- Forwarded message follows ------- > > > << This was in Tues, 8 May, Springfield MO News Leader, p. 5B: > > Discovery of cemetery halts roadwork--Associated Press-Kansas City-- > > Construction of a new highway in south Kansas City has been halted by > > the discovery of a small cemetery dating back to the Civil War era. > > State officials are anxious to find any descendants of the Holloway > > family who are bured in the cemetery. If the heirs can't be found, the > > state will have to get court permission to move the nine graves in the > > plot, in order to finish a new Missouri 150. Construction workers > > recently unearthed a marble headstone, dating from 1858, while moving a > > large section of water pipe. Archaeologists later found another > > headstone and evidence of seven other graves. The site has not been > > disturbed further. -------- Please pass this on to other lists. > > > > Betty White > > Santa Barbara, CA > >