If and when we decide to do a protest, or get newspapers involved in the Mariah Creek
cemetery issue in Knox County, the one I've been complaining about is right next door
in Daviess County, Cincinnati Cemetery. There is one stone standing, the others have been
bulldozed into a ditch along the railroad tracks (formerly the Wabash-Eric Canal). Many
of these stones can still be seen.
It is on private property, and the current farmer is not the one who bulldozed the
cemetery. However, he is farming over the graves of over 50 known burials, along with a
mass grave that was dug for canal workers who died while building the canal from malaria.
He is also very aware that he is doing this, as I spoke to him about it two years ago.
I did report it to DNR, who was to send a conservation officer to investigate, but have
heard nothing, and doubt I will.
It would be nice to protest both of these since they are so close together, and suffer
similar fates. It would also make for an easy trip for a reporter as the two cemeteries
are less than 15 miles apart.
Maybe I should get our local paper involved. I've tried in the past, but they
don't seem to be too interested.