Was reading on Lenzen research site about old graveyards in Portland Read this [SW 21st and Jefferson Streets Cemetery] One of the oldest places of human burial, which, for the long lapse of years, has been permitted to remain without molestation, is at the head of the canyon. This spot is near the intersection of Jefferson and Twenty-first streets, if the latter street were surveyed through and opened. It occupies a rather sharp point on the left hand side as one goes from the city over-looking the old Canyon road and about due south of the city park. Only a few bodies were buried there and, so far as it is possible to ascertain, none have ever been disturbed. No interments have taken place there for probably twenty-five years or even longer. Dr. Hooper, of the pioneer drug firm of Hooper, Snell & Co., who died may years since, was buried on that point. Traces of these ancient graves still remain, but very faintly, and the spots, beneath which the pulseless clay slumbers, can only be discovered by careful scrutiny.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 18:08:38 +0000
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