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Title: The uncovering of Sand Hills Cemetery
Post by: thelakelander on March 30, 2020, 08:33:06 AM

Quote(https://photos.moderncities.com/Other/Tim-Gilmore/Gateway-Mall-Sand-Hills/i-5gp5zQ7/0/0e7acea4/L/Sand%20Hills%20Hospital%20-%202-L.jpg)

Underneath a forgotten Northside shopping mall lies the remains of a 19th century cemetery associated with the yellow fever epidemic of 1888.

Read More: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/the-uncovering-of-sand-hills-cemetery/

Title: Re: The uncovering of Sand Hills Cemetery
Post by: Charles Hunter on March 30, 2020, 09:29:04 AM

All I get at the link is the same image shown above. No article.

Title: Re: The uncovering of Sand Hills Cemetery
Post by: thelakelander on March 30, 2020, 09:42:18 AM

Sorry, that was the wrong link. It is corrected now.

Title: Re: The uncovering of Sand Hills Cemetery
Post by: Snaketoz on March 30, 2020, 10:39:23 AM

I can remember friends finding bones out where they built Gateway Mall. There was also a pond surrounded by cattails that was used as a swimming hole. We were told not to touch the bones as they "still had yellow fever germs on them".

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