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Local preservationists point to unmarked mass grave at Lynn Cemetery; committee forms research subcommittee
Summary
Rick Dotson of the Lynn Cemetery Association told the Downtown Committee that an unmarked mass grave of an estimated 150–200 people lies near Lynn Cemetery; the committee voted to form a subcommittee to research documentation, marking options and possible funding.
Rick Dotson, representing the Lynn Cemetery Association, told the Downtown Committee that research and deed records indicate an unmarked mass grave near Lynn Cemetery that may hold an estimated 150–200 people, many of them likely victims of 19th‑century epidemics and railroad construction workers. Dotson asked the committee to consider interpretive signage or a monument to recognize the site and its history.
“There’s a 150 to 200 people…
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