Beautiful restoration of Potter's Field Cemetary

It is an odd benefit, but as a walker it is a lovely benefit. Several years ago a rehabilitation project with dedication plaques appeared on my route. The newly dedicated “Potter’s Field” was beautiful. I’m not revealing the location, as privacy and quiet is to be preserved. I can say when the cemetery first opened, Lot 22, aka Potter's Field, was part of the original cemetery plot. The first burial was a cigar maker named Jeremiah Smith. He was originally buried in Potter's Field, on September 17, 1873. Smith drowned when a ship sank in Lake Michigan off the shores on September 15, 1873. His remains were later moved and currently rest in Block 28. When the relocation of the cemetery began, the city council offered reduced rate lots for "all those bodies removed and reburied by relatives and friends" to incentivize civilians to move loved ones themselves to the new cemetery. In just twelve years, Potter's Field was full. Nevertheless, burials of the unidentified and poor continued in other areas of the Cemetery. Almost all were buried with no fanfare or notice, though the cemetery thankfully kept records of each one. There are now 852 burials in the newly dedicated potter's Field. Although some records were lost in a fire, research suggests there may be as many as 1,400 buried in this plot. Hundreds and identified an /or now with respect, dates and more. Photos Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb #Cemetary #graves. #gravestones