Rebecca tried to send this to the list but it wouldn't go through. Jann . > -----Original Message----- > From: Rebecca <rdea@seark.net> > To: Arclevel-L@rootsweb.com > <Arclevel-L@rootsweb.com> > Cc: jmooney@mbakercorp.com <jmooney@mbakercorp.com> > Date: Friday, September 15, 2000 3:25 PM > Subject: Fw: Reynolds Family Cemetery > > > > > >Below is a post to me concerning this cemetery. > >If anyone has information on the people buried > >there or on the history of the immediate area, > >please reply to James Mooney, listed in the cc. > >Rebecca DeArmond > > > >My name is James Mooney and I am an archeologist > working for Michael Baker > >Jr., Inc., an engineering company that is > conducting the environmental > study > >for the Southeast Arkansas I-69 Connector Project > from Pine Bluff to Wilmar > >(HWY 278). > > > >. . .a small historical research project I would > like to conduct to record > a > >previously unrecorded cemetery in the very > northeast corner of Cleveland > Co. > > > >As part of our work we asked local individuals for > data on all cemeteries > >and historic and prehistoric sites so that we could > avoid them with the new > >highway. > > > >The Reynolds Cemetery was brought to my attention, > we briefly recorded it > >and submitted the data to the Arkansas > Archeological Survey and will avoid > >it. However the cemetery is in very poor shape and > the surviving family > >members (Owen family of Griffith Springs Road area) > and myself would like > to > >prepare a brief history of the cemetery and > individuals interred, and > >present the data to the local libraries, historical > societies, and state > >agencies (we also wish to put a fence and sign > around the cemetery). > >I imagine the paper to be very brief, putting the > cemetery in context, and > >giving data on each person, their background and > perhaps some data on the > >local sawmill and timber camp,with a few maps and > perhaps some photos. > >Tonight we will present the proposal and background > highway info to the > >Cleveland Co. Historical Society. > >James Mooney > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/