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Steven B. Cherry - 2004-03-06 23:33:56 thanks Steven. I assume that lots of readers know more than I do @ Prospect Park, but the cemetary aspect continues to haunt me, so I thought I'd throw it out there for anyone who might not know @ that.* * * * * * * * * * * * Lynne Fremont - 2004-03-07 16:10:03 There is a cemetary at Prospect Park? Whoa, that *is* kind of creepy. * * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-03-07 17:54:15 Welcome, Lynne! Prospect Park used to be a cemetary, yep. It is a tad creepy. Apparently it was overgrown and run down when those ladies decided to, um, resurrect it as a park, so--not to be morbid but--one wonders if every (hopefully marked) grave was found. * * * * * * * * * * * * Steven B. Cherry - 2004-03-07 21:05:45 Word is that Thomas Mann knows where the remaining remains lie! I will make sure and ask him this spring at the Farmer's Market.* * * * * * * * * * * * Lynne Fremont - 2004-03-08 08:27:18 I just want you guys to know that when I walked through Prospect Park with my dogs, the "body question" was all I could think about ;) * * * * * * * * * * * * Michael McC. - 2004-03-08 15:38:08 The graphics for this post are obscuring a lot of the text. I'm running IE on Winders 2K (more's the pity).* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-03-08 18:16:33 shoot. It looks fine on my iMac with OS9...is anyone else experiencing Michael's problem? Not that I know how to fix it. and Lynne...I know what you mean, I wonder too...it makes me want to poke around in whatever archives the Historical Museum has to see if there's an old map or something. The cemetery was probably just in one area of the current park I'm guessing...you wouldn't really spread out a mere 250 individuals over such a big space.* * * * * * * * * * * * Larry Kestenbaum - 2004-03-08 21:59:49 I also find the graphic sitting on top of the text. Cemeteries have been an interest of mine since I was a child. Many old cemeteries were "removed" by removing the headstones and leaving the remains in place. In other cases, there was an attempt to dig everyone up, but as a practical matter, before ground penetrating radar was invented, it was impossible to be complete about it. There were two cemeteries at the SE and SW corners of E. Huron and Fletcher in Ann Arbor (now part of the UM campus). They were dug up and removed when Forest Hill was established in the 19th century. For decades thereafter, utility excavations in that area regularly turned up old bones and even sometimes metal coffins and coffin hardware.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-03-08 22:57:28 Darn it, I might just take off the graphic them. Apologies to those of you who were inconvenienced. Larry--wow, what an interesting story! Fletcher...(racking brain) that's the street that runs in front of the Power Center I think? Ground penetrating radar? Yikes. I think I'd be afraid to look were I to scope out the area around Rackham/Power Center.* * * * * * * * * * * * Larry Kestenbaum - 2004-03-09 20:23:24 Now the chart (the graph) is on top of the text. Crude but probably effective idea: put back the other picture, and use a "br clear=all" tag after each graphic.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-03-09 20:40:31 Dangit! Thanks for the feedback Larry...I'm sorry for the messed-up design. Always grateful for feedback, people; please let me know if something's askew. I'll try the tag you suggest, Larry; thanks.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-03-09 20:43:48 OK, I put in |