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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 25, 2024
Endangered Peery Cemetery in Cooke County, Texas
The Peery Cemetery in Cooke County, Texas is endangered by the development of a 7-Eleven.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 17, 2024
Impending Construction at Crutchfield Cemetery in Denton County
Crutchfield Cemetery is an African American burial ground that is all but forgotten among a a construction boom in eastern Denton County.
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 15, 2024
Eugene Woodruff: Victim of Yellow Fever at Shreveport
The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1873 claimed several victims in Shreveport, including Eugene Woodruff, who removed the Raft of the Red River.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
Sand Branch, or Simonds Precinct Cemetery, in Dallas County
The Simonds Precinct cemetery is known called to its families as "Sand Branch."
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
D-Day Death in Cooke County
Sgt. Roy Speake died early in the morning on D-Day, June 6, 1944 during the invasion of Normandy, and is now buried in Cooke County, Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
Showman's Rest
Hugo's Mount Olivet Cemetery is home to Showman's Rest section, where circus folk go to get buried.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
The Old Paris Cemeteries
Paris, Texas has several inactive, old cemeteries within its city limits.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
Machine Gun Kelley, the Kidnapper
Infamous bandit Machine Gun Kelley is buried here inside his wife Kathryn's family's plot in Wise County, Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Great War Soldier in a Segregated Cemetery in Bonham, Texas
Alvin Reeves, a Great War soldier, is buried in the segregated portion of Gates Hill Cemetery in Bonham, Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 24, 2020
Willis, Marshall County, Oklahoma: An Erased Town
The Willis Cemetery sits just off US 377 north of Lake Texoma in Marshall County, Oklahoma.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 3, 2016
Death Divided: Segregation Cemeteries in the Red River Valley
The Red River Valley of the South still contains the remnants of segregation inside many of its cemeteries.
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