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Group plans to resurrect Salesville Cemetery |
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Written by DeadGirl
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Monday, 02 August 2004 |
By NICK GEVOCK Chronicle Staff Writer
GALLATIN GATEWAY -- Anna Mae Hanks' long, fruitful life wasn't given justice when her friends and family laid her to rest near here.
Hanks herself, before she died, said she wanted to be buried next to her late husband, but didn't like the look of the Salesville Cemetery, daughter Anna Hanks Allen said.
"It was so brown and desolate," Allen said. "Even some people coming to my mother's funeral missed the turnoff because there's nothing there."
So Allen and a group of friends decided to do something about it.
They're working to raise enough money to fix up the cemetery, which turned a century old this year. They formed the Salesville Cemetery Beautification Committee to plan cemetery improvements and organize fundraisers.
The cemetery is perched just above U.S. Highway 191 and off of Zachariah Lane. It's a stark two-acre triangle, bordered by woven wire fence and an irrigation ditch on one side, with sparse grass and a handful of lilacs.
Tombstones bear the names of families that go back generations in Gallatin Gateway: Todd, Wortman and Hanks among them. A number of infant graves illustrate the harsh realities of the day.
The land was dedicated as a cemetery by the Lay family in 1904 for the people of then Salesville -- the original name of Gallatin Gateway. For decades a number of families and groups have pitched in to keep the cemetery up.
And through the years, there's been talk of fixing up the cemetery, said Ron Portnell. He's mowed the cemetery where his parents and grandparents are buried for years, and said the board that oversees the grounds scarcely meet.
"Some of the people who were appointed trustees didn't even know they had been," the 77-year-old Portnell said. "There wasn't a lot of coordination."
It's fair to say Portnell is skeptical about the latest effort.
But the committee is determined.
Their vision for the cemetery involves subtle changes: a row of lilacs and some fir trees along the cemetery's perimeter to cut down on noise, and a more elegant gate.
"We want it to stay looking like an old prairie cemetery," committee member Joy Richardson said.
The most important, and expensive, task is drilling a well to irrigate shrubbery and provide for families who want small flower plots next to graves. That will require not only drilling, but also electricity to run the pump.
Next in importance comes the landscaping and the new gate. But the committee plans to do most of the labor itself.
The project will probably cost around $10,000, Allen said. They already have a good start with pledges of money or labor because the community wants to feel proud about the cemetery.
"It needs to look like it's loved and cared for," Allen said.
The committee will receive all the gate proceeds from the annual Little Bear Antique Fair, beginning 9 a.m. Saturday Aug. 7 and Sunday Aug. 8 at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds.
In addition, the committee is hosting a silent auction, ice cream social and concert with the Saddlebags at the Broken Hart Ranch on Sunday, Aug. 22.
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