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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was a very nice article in the Bend Bulletin
on Sunday (9/5) regarding the work Deschutes County is doing to restore the
Paulina Prairie Cemetery near LaPine. A local high school student and
Eagle Scout candidate has taken on a lot of the work and involved local
businesses and volunteers to help. The unfortunate thing is that there are
a number of graves that are no longer identifiable due to theft of markers, or
time taking care of wooden memorials. Old photos show that there were more
tombstones in the past. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Would anyone on the list have records of folks that
may have been buried in this cemetery? I'd be happy to pass the
information on to the County Associate Planner who's in charge of the
project...it sounds like she's doing this thoughtfully and respectfully. She's
trying (by state mandate) to catalog any known historical gravesites in the
county - the state considers a historical cemetery any burial that took place
before Feb. 14, 1909, the 50th anniversary of Oregon's statehood.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here are the names mentioned in the article as
identified gravesites (there are at least 8 people buried
here):</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Emma Deedon - died 1915 due to complications of
pregnancy</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>George Guy Rease - "Born April 25, 1879 in Walla
Walla, Washington. Died of smallpox on Caldwell Ranch on May 2, 1903", age
24</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Addie Laura Caldwell - died 1918 of influenza, age
9</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>William Henry Caldwell - died 1910, age 69, after
being kicked in the abdomen during a cattle drive</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Melvin Raper - 1892-1914, "died in a tent of
tuberculosis"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Riki in Bend</FONT></DIV>
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