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"Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Sacred Grounds restored, 2005. On a warm late summer Saturday the Pocahontas Baptist Church Brotherhood honored the final resting places of two centuries-apart cultures after a damaging visit by Hurricane Katrina. At left is prehistoric Indian burial mound many hundreds of years old. At right is Magnolia Way Cemetery established on adjoining site in the mid-1800's. The Indian mound is on the U. S. National Register of Historic Sites. Magnolia Way Cemetery is an active community cemetery of perpetual care which needs a little extra attention occasionally." Group photograph.
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"Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Sacred Grounds restored, 2005. On a warm late summer Saturday the Pocahontas Baptist Church Brotherhood honored the final resting places of two centuries-apart cultures after a damaging visit by Hurricane Katrina. At left is prehistoric Indian burial mound many hundreds of years old. At right is Magnolia Way Cemetery established on adjoining site in the mid-1800's. The Indian mound is on the U. S. National Register of Historic Sites. Magnolia Way Cemetery is an active community cemetery of perpetual care which needs a little extra attention occasionally." Group photograph.
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- Item: 510
- Description: "Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Sacred Grounds restored, 2005. On a warm late summer Saturday the Pocahontas Baptist Church Brotherhood honored the final resting places of two centuries-apart cultures after a damaging visit by Hurricane Katrina. At left is prehistoric Indian burial mound many hundreds of years old. At right is Magnolia Way Cemetery established on adjoining site in the mid-1800's. The Indian mound is on the U. S. National Register of Historic Sites. Magnolia Way Cemetery is an active community cemetery of perpetual care which needs a little extra attention occasionally." Group photograph.
- Creator(s): Blake, Edward L.
- Date: 2005
- City/State: Pocahontas, Mississippi
- County: Hinds County
- Call Number: PI/2014.0007/Series I
- Filename: 124607-photo.tif