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Archive Home > 2006 > April > 26 > Peaceful resting places

Peaceful resting places

Old cemeteries offer glimpse into Central Oregon's pioneering past

By Jim Witty / The Bulletin
April 26, 2006

he best old cemeteries have a timeless feel.

There's one, for instance, near the now defunct town of Geneva on the back road between Lake Billy Chinook and Sisters. A post office was established there in 1914, where families worked the unforgiving grassland, living and dying in the rain shadow....

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