[HistoricCemeteries] laws about pulic cemetery on privateproperty

Carolyn cknuth at charter.net
Mon Nov 12 18:54:05 PST 2012


Hi, Janice Healy ( W David Samuelsen}
Could you please tell me the name of the cemetery and is there a record of 
the names. thank you for replying about this.
Carolyn m Russell

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From: "W David Samuelsen" <dsam52 at sampubco.com>
To: <historiccemeteries at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [HistoricCemeteries] laws about pulic cemetery on 
privateproperty


> Janice Healy had to say about this cemetery.
>
> it's Agate Beach, aka Cape Foulweather and Megginson
>
> Established 1873
>
> "These burials are Indian and white graves.  Located off road. Take 
> Lighthouse Drive, then take the first streetpast the Izzy's Pizza that 
> leads up the hill. Rocky Way was posted No Trepassing (September 1991). It 
> is at the end of this street, on the right, there are 15 known burials, 
> but as of Aug. 1990 only the stones of Mrs. briggs and a boy could be 
> found. The site is mostly destroyed."
>
> Guess this is one of those cemeteries falling under protection of Historic 
> Commission, especially more if there were veterans buried at this place.
>
> W. David Samuelsen
>
>
> On 11/11/2012 8:20 PM, Carolyn wrote:
>>
>>    Hi Kuri,
>>    One of the guys on our cemetery board also belongs to a veterins 
>> group. Yesterday they were at a meeting at Izzy's  in Newport.  there is 
>> a cemetery behind Izzy's and they were looking at it and were talking 
>> about a clean up on it for a group thing.
>>
>>    Any way the owner of the property ran them off.
>>
>>    I wrote to Chuck Moody about this and here was his reply
>>
>>    "It is not a private cemetery but it is on private property. My 
>> understanding is the property own does not allow anyone to clean the 
>> cemetery. I don't know if you know the Oregon State laws on cemeteries, 
>> but my understanding is she has to let at least family of the people 
>> buried in the cemetery into visit. But, by appointment, and she does not 
>> want people in the cemetery.
>>
>>
>>    Chuck"
>>
>>    Could you please write to Steve Allen    oregonarmed at msn.com   I do 
>> not know the laws about this and hope you can shed some light on it for 
>> him.
>>
>>    Thank you Kuri
>>
>>    Carolyn m Russell
>>    Historian at Taft Pioneer Cemetery  , Lincoln City OR
>>
>>
>>
>>
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