[HistoricCemeterieslistserv] October First Tuesday Talk at Coos History Museum features Marshfield Pioneer Cemetery

[Rebecca Soules]

On Tuesday, October 6th at 6:30 PM, please join us for “Is Your Cemetery a Credit to Your Town?,” a virtual “First Tuesday” lecture of the Coos History Museum. Registration for this Zoom program is free and open to the public. Becky Soules will present an overview of the Marshfield Pioneer Cemetery’s history and discuss some of the challenges in creating engaging interpretative materials for the site. Becky Soules is a native of Coos Bay with a MA in public humanities from Brown University. For the past 15+ years, she’s researched the Marshfield Pioneer Cemetery, working to share and preserve this often overlooked part of local history.

Established in 1888, the cemetery encompasses four acres of greenspace with more than 2000 gravesites. The cemetery is located just minutes from downtown Coos Bay, but has suffered from extensive neglect and vandalism. With the support of many community partners, it has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past 15 years. A multi-year project – funded in part through an Oregon Historic Cemetery Grant – replaced the chain-link fencing and redesigned the cemetery’s main entrance. In 2019, a Travel Oregon grant provided the necessary funding for a new interpretative display at the revamped entrance. The new signage’s design will be debuted at the October 6th program!

Register for this program by visiting https://cooshistory.org/1st-tuesdays/ or emailing community at cooshistory.org. More information about the Marshfield Pioneer Cemetery, along with a complete list of cemetery burials, can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/cbcemetery/, or by contacting cbcemetery at gmail.com or 541-435-1177.
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