Greenwood Town Cemetery - Greenwood, Louisiana
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misfitt
N 32° 26.885 W 093° 58.283
15S E 408694 N 3590519
This very picturesque cemetery is almost hidden with its location well away from town proper at the end of McGee Road behind the Boot Hill Race Track.
Waymark Code: WM39CA
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/29/2008
Views: 12
“Established about 1840. Many prominent pioneer Caddo parish settlers are buried here: including Dr. Alford Flournoy, Dr. J. B. Wise, and Judge David Creswell, among many others. Dr. Orestes Hull, brother of U. S. Secretary of State under Frankilin D. Roosevalt, is buried here also.”
This marker was put in place a “Historic Sites Signs Projects” by joint efforts between the City of Shreveport, Bossier City, Caddo Parish, & Bossier Parish, which began in 1995 and ran for 12 years. The Highland Area Partnership of Shreveport spearheaded the effort in the first place. Bob Marak designed the signs, the Shreveport City sign shop produced them, Eric J. Brock (historian in Shreveport) wrote the texts. This marker program was sponsored by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau and was coordinated by Eric J. Brock, local historian, and Robert J Marak The project included many historic sites already marked by the state of Louisiana and resulted in 142 markers placed in the Shreveport-Bossier area.
Marker Name: Greenwood Town Cemetery
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Cemetery
Parish: Caddo
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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