Pulaski County Poor Farm 2009

Saturday, August 14, 2010

U.S. Navy Seabee's Clean Up Day

The work at the Pulaski County Poor Farm Cemetery has started picking up. Since receiving permission from the land owner, a new access road has been built, a parking area has been bulldozed, and a new gate has been installed. August 14, 2010, we took a huge step moving forward with this project. The staff and students of Fort Leonard Wood's Navy Seabee's Detachment hand cleared the dense vegetation and growth. Thanks to their effort's we can actaully see the area that we are working with now. All four fences marking the perimeter have been located, and the Seabee's helped reposition the original back fence that had been crushed in places by falling trees. Part of our future plans include plotting the graves that are not visible to the naked eye. We hope to find a local organization that has ground penetrating X-Ray to help us with that phase of the project. We also plan on marking each grave with a cross, filling in the sunken graves with topsoil, burning the two large brush piles, graveling the parking area, replanting the grass in the area between the parking lot and the front fence line, placing a new fence, placing a monument marker for those buried here, placing signage of the site's historical significance, among other things. If you wish to donate money, time, or equipment for this project please contact:

Laura Huffman
573-855-3999
Pulaski County Poor Farm Fund
c/o Pulaski County Historical Society
PO Box 144
Waynesville, MO 65583


















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