Hi everyone!
I seem to remember a few years back, there was new legislation in Indiana that required
landowners to provide access to old cemeteries. Am I right? If so, where would I be able
to read this?
One reason I'm asking: About four years ago, my husband and I were there and were
able to drive back to Salem Cemetery (located in the vicinity of 213 and 650N, north of
Windfall). After spending an hour or so, with our car parked precariously on 213, with me
on one side of the creek with paper and tape recorder and my husband on the other side
yelling off names and dates (boy, what a run-on sentence!), we drove down 650 and
discovered a mown path at the edge of the woods, straight back to the cemetery (and the
mosquitoes are terrible back there in August!). We drove back and ran around taking
photos and swatting bugs. And, at the time, it was in much better shape than it was when
I was a child. Although I've been reading an old string on this list about
"Ingress and Egress," that listed this cemetery as requiring restoration, I can
tell you it was really abandoned and overgrown when my brother and I used to look for it
through the woods as my parents drove on 213. But when we were there in 2004, most of the
growth had been cleared out.
Anyway, last month my brother and I were in Tipton County, and he wanted to see the
cemetery up close. So I directed him down 650, and when we got to the path, there was a
big "No Trespassing" sign there. I thought we were legally allowed to visit the
cemetery because of some newer regulations, but I'm guessing I was wrong? Was the
landowner allowed to NOT allow us back there?
Thanks,
Jan Rader
Kent, Ohio