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October 17, 2013

Prairie Post: Special marker makes note of prairie cemetery near Lomond

Check out the article by Rose Sanchez, appearing in the October 18 edition of the Prairie Post, on the efforts to preserve Taylor Cemetery, a few clicks west of Bow City. It can be viewed online at the Post website here.

October 10, 2013

Taylor Cemetery: “Consecrated, set apart, and dedicated forever.”

[Not a valid template] On October 1, 2013, I was honoured to be part of a dedication ceremony at Taylor Cemetery, located about five miles west of Bow City (which I have written about here and here). A ceremony was performed by Rev. Gordon Cranch of Vulcan; alongside a plinth and bronze plaque that had been installed […]

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