One thing I failed to mention in my last reply, we may have to locate a descendant of someone burried there to file a complaint. Jim Fowler ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 5:18 PM Subject: [OKROOTS] CEMETERY IN CLAREMORE BEING BULLDOZED > A gentleman that lives in Claremore, Rogers County, OK wrote me and asked for > help. > One more thing about cemeteries; in the mid to late 1800's the town of > > Claremore was 3 1/2 miles north of its present location. They moved it > > so it could be on the railroad. At the old town site was a small > > cemetery with some fairly large headstones. It now sits in the middle > > of a ranch. Some one up there has been bulldozing trees and brush and > > have bulldozed the cemetery off in a ravine. Is there anything that can > > be done about this? I've contacted the county commissioner, the > > mayor,and the Rogers County Historical Society. Nothing has been done. > > Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks again for > > everything. >> > > Who was the commissioner you contacted? If need be I will call the town > > council. This is ridiculous and is still bothering me. I wonder if the > one > > you are talking about is the old Talber Cemetery that I can't find anything > > on. Let me know. > I asked him who the commissioner was that he contacted and perhaps he should > contact the newspaper. Here was the reply: > > Wendy, > The county commissioner that I contacted is Gerry Payne. That's his > district where it's located. Gerry didn't know that the cemetery > existed and he did go check on it and told me that I was right that it > was the old Claremore Cemetery and that it was gone and that it had been > bulldozed. I don't know if it had been called the Talber Cemetery or > not. I had always heard it called the old Claremore Cemetery. I don't > think Gerry knew what to do about it, so he hasn't done anything. When > I was a teen ager growing up here, one of my friend's dad was the > foreman for that ranch ( at that time under a different owner) and I > spent a lot of time roaming around that ranch. We used to read on the > old tombstones. I would guess there was about 30 or 40 graves, but > that's been so many years ago I can't really remember. I do remember > some of the names; such as Bushyhead which was an Indian family from > this area, and also several members of the Starr family. We used to > think they were probably some of Belle Starr's family since this area is > where she was from. The Indians might be who we should contact. Let me > know what you think about that. Thanks > Ed > > What should be my course of action. > >