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This is the first of an occasional series of photos of places in Richardson, in surrounding communities and across the world that, for reasons to be determined, strike me as worth sharing. Your object? Identify the place. And what it is about the place that makes me publish the photo.
This first one is easy for regular readers of "Ed Cognoski." Hint, hint. Go back and read this week's blog.
Oh, the prize for the first reader to provide the right answer? A year's free subscription to "Ed Cognoski."
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Well, Jacob Routh, RIP, or his headstone, that is, resides in a small, secluded cemetary just east of the new Routh Creek "Gary Slagel" Parkway. My husband and I have been to it. OK-I'm ready for my subscription. Does that come with or without Bill McCalpin's "John Murphy fan club" comments (sorry, Bill, I couldn't resist)?
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Anyone have GPS coords for this cemetery?
Using Google Maps, my guess is that the GPS coordinates are approximately 32.993493,-96.704471.
For anyone interested, below is an old newspaper story about the cemetery:
Courtesy of the Plano Star-Courier
March 25, 1999
Cemetery Dedication Calls Forth Memories of Routh Family History
by Brenda Kellow, CG, CGI
Growing up in this area afforded me not only the opportunity of being acquainted with Plano and Richardson’s rich history, it also provided me the chance to become a participant. Memories of the Routh family home and cemetery were recently activated when I received an invitation from Nancy McRae to attend the dedication ceremony of the Texas Historical Marker awarded the Jacob Routh Pioneer Cemetery. Nancy is the granddaughter of Jacob’s second daughter, Julia Routh, who married John Mashman Howell. I recounted to Nancy my visits with my mother to the homestead located at the edge of the Routh Woods bounded by the Central Expressway service road, Renner Road and Highway 5. We entered the property and approached the majestic home. For a little girl, it was like seeing the home in the movie "Giant." We were always greeted on the front porch by the sisters, Rosa or Clara. Sometimes both. We were invited into the cool, dark interior decorated in lavish furnishings from a bygone era. They always offered us cookies and something to drink. In one of the first visits, Miss Clara took us on a tour of the grounds showing us the several cemeteries and the cellar where their slaves had carved their names deeply into the thick wooden door. Nancy wonders if that door was saved after the home burned in 1963. The family cemetery was enclosed by an iron fence. Inside were the graves of Miss Clara’s parents Jacob Routh and Lodemia Ann Campbell Routh. Today, both Miss Rosa and Miss Clara are buried within that fence. Miss Rosa died in 1954 and Miss Clara died in 1962. For a history of the Jacob Routh family, read "Plano, Texas, The Early Years." In the book there is also a picture of the old homeplace, however the pictures before and after the restoration are reversed.
The cemetery dedication is at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 11, 1999 with a reception immediately following. For further information contact Nancy McRae, 3500 Dartmouth Avenue, Dallas, TX 75205, or phone 214-521-8654.
Brenda Burns Kellow is a Certified Genealogist and a Certified Genealogical Instructor with a bachelor’s degree in history, and a genealogy instructor at Collin County Community College. Send queries, reunions, announcements, books for review, etc., to Plano Star Courier, PO Box 860248, Plano, TX 75086, or to the e-mail address: traceroots@aol.com or visit Genealogy on the Star Courier’s web page at www.planostar.com
Is the best way to get there to park on Glenville and hike north into the woods from there?
Buckeye
That's the easiest way. There is a dirt path by the end of the paved bicycle path, that leads to the larger cemetery. Follow the dirt road to the family plot. Kids have discovered this place unfortunately. I usually carry a garbage bag and haul out trash. I seldom see people there though.
For a longer walk, you can walk from Foxboro, and take the paved route across the bridge, which is a loop. At the apex of the loop there's a side trail to Galatyn Parkway.
There's a geocache there:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/35tn9
and one at the larger cemetery. Will track it down.
One of the nice things about caches it that it brings people to neat areas. The other thing is that cachers tend to pack trash out with them, the "cache in, trash out" phenomanon.
Most people have to pay extra for my "bons mots", but by special arrangement with Monsieur Cognoski, you can enjoy them for free!
(sorry, ma cherie, I couldn't resist either!) ;-)
Bill
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