Historic Cemetery Preservation

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Texas Cemetery Restoration is growing and we are looking for a hands-on cemetery / gravestone field conservator to join our team! A respect for history and cemeteries is a plus but experience is not required. Most importantly, we are looking for someone with a positive and winning attitude that is a self starter, is reliable and has a willingness to learn the art of cemetery preservation. Our projects vary in different cemeteries across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Weekly travel is required. The perfect candidate for this position will enjoy working outside while understanding the flexibility that accompanies outdoor work in the south. Salary is based on experience. Benefits include numerous paid holidays, paid vacation after one year and weekly travel per diems.

Radar mapping underway at Durant cemetery The city hired Dallas-based Texas Cemetery Restoration to use ground-penetrating radar to locate unmarked or unused graves at Highland Cemetery.

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Efforts to Uncover History in Historically Black Plano Cemeteries For decades, two old cemeteries in the Douglass Community, a historically African American neighborhood in Plano, had fallen into disrepair. But, volunteers over the last four years have worked to restore...

Back in September we installed a wayside sign for The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc. at the historic site of Rice Field. The Plano Conservancy is working hard to preserve the history of Plano. Read more about Rice Field

Rice Football Field – Plano, Texas Last week the Plano Conservancy installed a historic wayside sign on the site of Rice Field. This site was the home of the Plano High School Wildcats football team from 1925 to 1963. Rice field was…