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< < i have always been told that the waconda cem. is now beneath
<em>I-5. does anyone know for sure? in his write-up for his death, it
says jarius bonney is buried at the waconda cem. but everyone in and
around that area tells me there is no cem. in that town. -- </em><em>gary
in az > ></em>
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</em>Gary -- <br>
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dates would be helpful -- and do you know just where "that area" is on
a modern map? There were two locations in Oregon named Waconda -- the
one near Gervais was abandonded long before the railroad used the named
for one of its locations -- railroads typically named a place for about
every two to five miles of track, whether there was anything there or
not -- more at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.salemhistory.net/transportation/electric_railway_waconda.htm">http://www.salemhistory.net/transportation/electric_railway_waconda.htm</a><br>
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how this might all tie into the name of Salem's Pioneer Cemetery, I do
not know<br>
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Godspeed!<br>
<br>
Bill Strickland<br>
Oregon City, OR<br>
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