A former journalist finds her niche as a research assistant for Bullion Plaza Museum Lee Ann Powers’ desk is littered with stacks of papers and books. On the wall, there’s a corkboard cluttered with notices and what look like to-do lists, one on top of the other …
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A former lease, dating back to the 50’s on the old County shelter facility is a point of contention between the City and the local humane society which held the original lease. The outcome will determine the use of the land and building located below Globe’s cemetery. Cheryl Brazell of …
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“Be careful when you step on a grave. With all this rain the ground is soft. You may sink a little bit,” says Joe, “and that’s scary.” Wearing long pants, sturdy shoes and broad rimmed hats, Joe Skamel, a local volunteer for Find A Grave and I begin our field …
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Local historian and researcher, Lee Ann Powers, provided this history on Matilda Moore who moved here with her husband and two children in 1878. A large white gravestone marks her final resting place in the old Globe Cemetery. Here is the story of Matilda Jane Burnett Crampton Moore. She was …
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With its weathered, and often cracked headstones dating back to the late 1800s, it’s easy to let the Globe Cemetery capture the imagination. Covering roughly 32 acres of land in the hills on the west end of town, its entry lined with tall, ominous cypress trees (also known as graveyard …
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If you are like many people, you might enjoy visiting old cemeteries even if you don’t have relatives there. They are a tangible link with the past and as you stroll the grounds of any old cemetery and read the headstones you can’t help but wonder about the lives lived. Linda GrossWriter, …
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