Cemetery:
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Mission Cemetery |
Street:
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Mission Drive
just south of Hwy 64 at Dwight Mission |
City:
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Russellville |
State:
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AR |
Zip:
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72802 |
Sign:
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No |
County:
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Pope |
Nation:
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USA |
Latitude ns:
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N
lat_h: 35
lat_mmss: 19.139 |
Longitude ew:
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W
long_h: 093
long_mmss: 11.312 |
Status:
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Abandoned
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Size:
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Medium |
Directions:
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Highway 64 west from Russellville,
Turn south on Mission Drive. Cemetery is at the high point of the
hill. |
Type:
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Road-public |
|
Location:
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Rural |
Terrain:
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Hillside |
Watersource:
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No |
| Features: |
heavily treed and
undergrowth |
Property:
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Private |
Access:
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Open |
Enclosure:
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None |
Gate:
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None |
|
Removed:
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Unknown |
Relocated:
|
Unsure |
Repairs:
|
No |
Restoration:
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Yes |
Association:
|
Unsure |
Records:
|
Unsure |
Inventory:
|
Unsure |
|
Landscaping:
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No |
Paths:
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No |
Trees:
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Yes4 |
Crypts:
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No |
Fencing:
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No |
|
Brickwork: |
No |
Ironwork:
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No |
Sculpture:
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No |
Fountains:
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No |
Roads:
|
No |
Buildings:
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No |
Cement:
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Yes |
Granite:
|
Yes |
Marble:
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Yes |
Native:
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Yes |
Slate:
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No |
Others:
|
Yes |
Wood:
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No |
Materials:
|
Yes |
|
Architectural: |
Unsure |
Angels:
|
Unsure |
Draperies:
|
Unsure |
Fraternal:
|
Unsure |
Hands:
|
Unsure |
Lambs:
|
Unsure |
Monograms:
|
Unsure |
Plants:
|
Unsure |
Photos:
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Unsure |
Religious:
|
Unsure |
Scrollwork:
|
Unsure |
Urns:
|
Unsure |
Carvings:
|
Unsure |
|
Condition:
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Cemetery neglected |
Unmarked:
|
Yes |
Broken:
|
Yes |
Toppled:
|
Yes |
Disintegrating:
|
Yes |
|
Buried:
|
Yes |
|
Weather:
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No |
|
Pollution:
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No |
|
Vandalized:
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No |
Report:
|
Yes |
|
Overgrowth:
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Gravestones-Damaging |
GroundCover:
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Yes |
| Vines: |
Yes |
Drainage:
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Good |
|
Problem1:
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Encroachment |
|
Owner:
|
Cemetery |
Use:
|
Commercial |
Bordering:
|
Transportation |
Change:
|
Smaller |
Reason:
|
Roads |
Visited:
|
Rarely |
Archeology:
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Unknown |
Habitat:
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Yes |
|
|
Other Information: |
This is the site of the Dwight Mission, a significant historical
location in our county. However, very few people even realize the
cemetery is in existence. It is very overgrown and neglected. |
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Submitted by: |
Lynne Slater
n_idomio@yahoo.com
29
September, 2005 |
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|
Update
|
I found the owners of the land today. They run an RV park here
and were cutting down trees to make room for more RV spots. There is
definitely a risk of encroachment on the cemetery. They have had some
people come in and do some cemetery "clean up" before and were very
dissatisfied because they said the groups cut down trees and let them
lay, rak
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Submitted by: |
Lynne Slater
n_idomio@yahoo.com
7
October, 2005 |
