Eden
Township Board of Trustees
May 7, 2000
c/o Mrs. Barbara Pickard, Clerk
1433 295th
Street
Rhodes, IA 50234-9702
Tel: 515 / 482-3158
Dear Sirs;
I am concerned about the Price (or Culver/Price) Cemetery which
is located in Eden Township Section 4, Township 82,
North range 20. 1-1/2 miles north of Rhodes. Coordinates:
N41 56-933 W93 11.063
According to the Rhodes History Book the land was purchased by
F.A. and Mary Woolston on May 17, 1876. Many of
Rhodes' earliest settlers are buried in that cemetery and it
should be worthy of protection and restoration.
I have posted a photo of the present condition of the cemetery
at:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=180242&a=1491031&p=20058394
and will print and enclose the picture with this letter.
I believe that tax money has been made available for the purpose
of preserving inactive and neglected cemeteries. Can you
tell me of any plans for the Culver/Price Cemetery?
It appears that the neighboring farm has encroached upon a great
deal of the cemetery property. Would it be
possible to have the original boundaries ascertained and the
property fenced off to keep the farm from
desecrating
the burial ground until the place can be restored?
Yours
truly,
Gerald
L. Hale
