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Thank you to Carol Grott who gave Rolling Prairie's First Annual Cemetery Tour held during the 9th Annual Old Farmer's Fest
held in Rolling Prairie on August 25th and 26th, 2001. Holly Jenks and I jumped on board the tram on the second day, Sunday,
to take this informative and fun tour. On board the first tour were a few of the Rolling Prairie Cemetery Association Members who
gave some great information about the cemetery in addition to the 45 minute interesting oration by Carol, our tour guide.
Upon completion of the tour, Holly spoke to the group for a few minutes and stressed that tours like this help the cemeteries
and the ancestors come alive again. She went on to add how through cleaning and restoring the cemeteries and through our web site,
we are increasing public awareness and interest in these county landmarks.

The tour was such a success that Carol was asked to do another tour on Sunday for the folks that missed the first one.
Below are some of the pictures Holly Jenks took during and after the tour. Hope you enjoy them. Numbers 1 through 12 were part of the tour.
Additional photos were taken for those seeking ancestors.
We hope that this will be an annual event and that Carol will once again share many of the facts and mysteries of this cemetery for years to come.

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Lots of folks hopped on the tram to view the Rolling Prairie Cemetery	South-East Corner of Cemetery where original school stood.	Folks came from all over to participate
Ezekiel, Eliza and John Provolt early settlers of Rolling Prairie stone leaned against tree	Dr. Harry & Mrs. Helmenn and a grandson - grave site	Examples of tree stump tombstones
George Reynolds stone	Allen Pierce - served Civil War	Joshua H Coplin Died 2 Feb 1838 AE 19 yrs 3 mo 2 da. Unfortunate title of first murder victim in LaPorte Co.
Mrs. Pease first known burial in cemetery with stone - 1833	Area in back of cemetery which was part of the original parcel that Alexander Blackburn donated	Lemuel Darrow once a mayor of LaPorte 6 Feb 1867 - 1935
Wirt Worden stone 1874 - 1943 And his wife Bessie	Mr. & Mrs. Marshall buried just outside the cemetery	Overview of part of the cemetery
Estella Webster 1890 - 1922	Horatio G. Lloyd 1841 - 1913 Celia 1843 - 1935	Austin Jedediah 1840 - 1927 Mary his wife 1847 - 1912 Stella their dau. 1890 - 1922
Jedediah P Austin Hannah his wife see photo for dates	We will add more photos as they become available.	Joseph F. M. Lloyd Julia V his wife see photo for dates

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