Nearly 150 unmarked graves located on grounds of a Florida high school after a tip that the property was once part of the historic Ridgewood Cemetery, a forgotten paupers' burial ground used primarily to inter African Americans.
A school board member received a tip from a citizen last month suggesting there could be a cemetery on the school's property based on historical data. The data showed that the cemetery could be approximately one acre in size.
The geophysical technicians eventually found"clear evidence of burials" in the area. A second area, in the northeastern part of the campus, was also scanned but did not show signs of any burials. The cemetery is believed to contain more than 250 graves. The school may not be able to identify all of the graves as some may have decayed too much to be detected by radar, and it's possible others could have been moved to another location. In addition, records show as many as 77 of the people buried in the cemetery were infants or young children, whose coffins would be difficult to find because of their size. Additional graves may also exist under the agricultural building.
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