I'm always curious about people's stories, who they are, where they come from, what they do for a living, married, kids, college, etc. I am always more interested in people of color and where they come from, their roots. Now, I know most people don't walk around asking African Americans where they come from, but I do, not always, but sometimes. So in celebration of Black History Month, I'm doing a search today for "Negro" "Slave" and "African american" cemeteries in the state of Missouri using the old Kansas City Star. Who knows, I might broaden the search. My first article comes from the Kansas City Star, May 28, 1970, about the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, located in Neosho Missouri.
From reading the first few lines you can see that this cemetery, like so many other Black Cemeteries are forgotten, overgrown, not endowed with care and in this case, it took a twin sister, her sister is deceased and buried in the cemetery, and concerned citizens getting together to clean up and restore this cemetery. Now mind you, this was in 1970, so I have no idea what the condition is today. The point of this post is for historical purposes and not what is there today. If you live in Neosho and you know the condition of this particular cemetery, please let me know so I can make an update at some point in the future.
Enjoy the reading folks:
