Jack Briles, You have done a wonderful job with this cemetery! I know there are going to be some people who might object to your narrative, but I believe it is appropriate. While it is nice to give the "history" of a cemetery and it's occupants and community, when we encounter these places with their many problems and we take "ownership" as you have, I believe we have to tell it as it happened. This is also part of it's history. I also believe we have the right to opine our views on these situations. In a hundred years, I want people to know the disdain which those of us working to preserve these places today, felt at their condition and who allowed this to happen. You can all bet your last dollar that when we put together our reference book on El Dorado County's historic cemeteries, we're going to name names and dates and who we believe was at fault. And it's not going to just be "the County." It's going to be "who" at the County caused the problems and "who" at the County tried to correct the problems. And we're filing it with the California State Library, California History Room. Bill Spurlock - it would be nice if you could post Jack's link to his web page [http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/barrenscem.html] with the Endangered Cemetery report on the Saving Graves website. Maybe you could do it under the title UPDATE as of [date]: Those thousands of people who visit Saving Graves should be told and shown what is actually being done to save our nation's historic cemeteries. Thank you, Jack, for all your hard work on behalf of this cemetery. I think you would have done this even if you had no one buried there. That's just the kind of fella you are! Sue Silver El Dorado County Pioneer Cemeteries Commission California