Category: Dallas Pauper Cemetery
-
A Watershed Moment for Dallas City Cemetery
The Road to Recovery Finally Finds a Path Forward Note: For those who have been following my posts on the cemetery rescue project near where I live, I’d like to […]
-
Dallas Pauper’s Cemetery Reaches Fundraising Goal!
We have now raised $32,426 and have surpassed our $31,000 goal! Once we receive the match from the City of Dallas, we will have a total of $64,852! This will […]
-
Someone should have told me!
A local artist whose studio stands on land that was originally part of the Dallas Pauper’s Cemetery picked up on our story and brought it to life. Thanks Jen Rose! […]
-
The Plot Thickens!
The Mystery of Richard Elmer Person They mystery involving the burial of Richard Elmer Person runs deep and long. It remains an unsolved mystery to this very day! One should […]
-
My Podcast Debut
I recently appeared on Sold with Updike and Pugh to talk about the Pauper’s cemetery project. I thought you might enjoy seeing it.
-
Our Cemetery Project is in the news!
The Dallas Pauper’s Cemetery project that I’ve been working on for the last few years has been featured by the Dallas Morning News in their Sunday before Christmas Edition and […]
-
Nemo has been found!
Many of you will recall that I am working to rescue a historic Pauper’s Cemetery here in Dallas where I live. Last summer I posted an article called Finding Nemo, […]
-
What is the cost to correct a mistake of history?
After a six month effort we have uncovered 2050 graves in the Dallas City Cemetery (aka Pauper’s Cemetery). Half the graves are currently unmarked and the other half are threatened […]
-
Slip Inside This Sleeping Bag
The summer heat sizzles in Dallas with temperatures that regularly exceed 100°. As the season drones on the heat drains your energy and feels as though it is baking through […]
-
The Consumption Journey
The Consumption Journey Jesse McCray was a druggist in Dallas who lived at the Hotel Plaza at the end of his life. It was located on Commerce and Jefferson Streets (Now […]
-
Stable “Mabel”
Stable Mabel: Izora Mabel (Lewis) Adkins was born near the turn of the century in Hunt County, Texas. As a Dallas Resident, you know the inclement weather has passed the […]
-
Ring my “Bell”
Today, with the help of one of her descendants, I am able to finally tell the story of Mary Isabel Black, who is buried in the Dallas City Cemetery (aka […]
-
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo: On one of the first days of our Dallas Pauper’s Cemetery Census I discovered a name plate for an Emelio Garcia. It was one of those names that […]
-
A grave fit for a Pauper?
I finally have started my winter vacation to use up the vacation time I cannot carry over into the new year. It is very rainy in Dallas today, so I […]