Preserving, Restoring, Operating and Maintaining Olivewood Cemetery

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Family Day and Juneteenth Celebration

Posted by on Jun 18, 2013 in News

We wish to thank everyone who came out to support our Juneteenth Celebration and Family Day. We had an awesome story teller and some great crafts projects for the kids. There was lots of information for those who wanted to brush up on their history.

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Olivewood Fundraiser at Hickory Hollow

Posted by on Mar 26, 2013 in Events

Our friends at the restaurant Hickory Hollow, located at 101 Heights Blvd., are sponsoring a night to help Olivewood Cemetery. On April 3rd, 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., a percentage of net sales from fundraiser participants will be donated. Just mention it's for Olivewood when ordering.

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Museum Exhibit

Posted by on Feb 21, 2013 in Events

Descendants of Olivewood and the Heritage Society are sponsoring a museum exhibit about Olivewood Cemetery. The exhibit is currently featured in the Heritage Society museum gallery (located at 1100 Bagby Street, Houston, TX, 77002).

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SAM Inc. LiDAR Project

Posted by on Feb 20, 2013 in Projects

Survey and Mapping, Inc. (SAM, Inc.) completed a GIS project (Geographic Information System), thus creating a high-resolution digital model of Olivewood Cemetery. This project incorporated the use of Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) imagery of the cleared section of the cemetery.

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Recent Exhumation

Posted by on May 18, 2012 in Projects

Recently we've had the honor of working with Robert Marcom and Carol McDavid of CARI (Community Archaeology Research Institute) in our effort to save several sets of remains from surrounding erosion.

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