enjoyed thanks Marsha<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Sue Steward <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ssteward@ccountry.net">ssteward@ccountry.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Thanks, that was very interesting.<br>
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Sue<br>
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On 2/25/2012 10:52 AM, Denise Sproed wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">A friend shared
the pages of “The Sunday Oregonian” from 12 Feb 2012 with an
article called “Secrets of the Graves”. I thought others
with Oregon Roots might find the article interesting as
well.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">You can see it
<a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2012/02/secrets_of_the_graves_cemetery.html" target="_blank">online</a>
currently at:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2012/02/secrets_of_the_graves_cemetery.html" target="_blank">http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2012/02/secrets_of_the_graves_cemetery.html</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I included both
a hyperlink and the long address for those who find only one
or the other works.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:#f1f1f1"><span style="color:#1f497d">The author of the article is: </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#222222">Johan
Mathiesen is a Portland writer and photographer who has been
documenting Oregon Territory cemeteries since 2004. In fall
of 2011, Ashland Creek Press published his book, <a href="http://ashlandcreekpress.com/books/madasmist.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#0c4790;text-decoration:none">"Mad As the
Mist and Snow: Exploring Oregon Through Its
Cemeteries," </span></b></a>which is available from
the publisher and retailers. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:#f1f1f1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:#f1f1f1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#222222">About
16,000 of his cemetery photographs are presented on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadmantalking" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#0c4790;text-decoration:none">Flickr
under the nom-de-pixel, DeadManTalking.</span></b></a><br>
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More of his cemetery writing can be found at <a href="http://bloggingadeadhorse-dmt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#0c4790;text-decoration:none">Blogging a
Dead Horse</span></b></a>. He is working on a guide to
Lone Fir Cemetery, "Nature's Immutable Laws."<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Enjoy!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Denise Sproed<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Descendant of
many Oregon pioneers<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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