----- Original Message ----- From: "G. R. Mallman" <g_r_mallman@hotmail.com> To: <CA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:21 PM Subject: Discovery of cemetery halts roadwork > I found this on another list. > > George > > 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 buried 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > > > > The list administrator can be reached at > > john@coates.net. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== CA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > ===CA-CEMETERIES MAIL LIST=== > Check out what your List Admin. does in her spare time. > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~historic/ > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >