Hi Wendy, As my Husbands Great Great Grandfather said in McAlester after Indian Terr became Oklahoma: Electric Chair no good, Hanging no good, Winchester, shoot em only way. As quoted by Lyman Pusley, the last executioner of the Choctaw Nation. Debbie visit: Oxford's Of The World: http://www.genweb.net/Oxford/index.htm Oxford Site e-mail: [email protected] Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, Today is a Gift ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 11:36 AM Subject: [OKROOTS] Claremore Cem. > No, this was not a hoax. It just wasn't as recent as first thought. The > headstones were indeed bulldozed. Ms. Doyle is helping us, I am asking about > the bodies, etc. > Below is the latest e-mail received on this matter. I am also asking if the > guy who did the bulldozing was fined, etc. Will send a follow-up ASAP. You > all have been so wonderful in helping by calling, sending e-mail, and with > your suggestions. Something needs to be done about this not just whenever it > happens or after the fact as in this case. There should be stiffer fines or > a good 'ole lynchin' LOL. > > Wendy, > I checked at the court house today for a list of names for the old > cemetery, but had no luck. Gerry Payne hurt his back and is going to > have surgery right away. In fact, he might have had it today, I don't > know. They sent me to talk to an employee of Kenneth Crutchfield's > district. He didn't know anything about that cemetery, but he's going > to check on it tomorrow. He said we might be able to find a list of > names for that cemetery at the library. I'll check that out. > > The managing editor of the newspaper, Ms. Doyle, called me today wanting > to know what information I had on the cemetery. She said they had been > inundated with calls and e-mails from as far away as California. If I > find that list of names, I'll let you know. Later. Ed > >