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From: "Kathleen Rodegeb" <krode...@earthlink.net>
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Subject: RE: Wales Township and Goodells Michigan History
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:22:28 -0700
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Thanks much Ann. I have fully perused the information on your site - and
have linked to it from the St. Clair County web site (hope you don't mind).
I really appreciate your preservation efforts. And thanks for the info on
the material at the park and twp offices. Unfortunately, when I was there
they were closed and locked up tight. I live in California and was there fo=
r
just a week =3D several trips out to the park they were not open at all. I
have to admit I felt quite a bit of consternation at finding nothing of the
poor farm history - those people were 'our' people and deserve to be
remembered as much as any others of us. There but for the grace of God ...=
=20

I'm glad to hear there is something of the history somewhere. I would love
to be able to access it and post it on the St. Clair County site. I did
locate the cemetery - it's a lovely spot in a clearing under a copse of ver=
y
large, old trees. There is just one headstone to mark a grave. The others
are just marked by depressions in the ground. It would be a wonderful thing
if 'we' could come up with a monument listing the names of all interments
there, fix up the fence, maybe a bench or two. I though about suggesting a
scout project - that's the kind of thing they can do to earn their eagle
status.

Heck, I drove up and down Castor Rd. quite a lot, looking for traces of the
cemetery. Perhaps you saw me, a silver 4-Runner with CA plates. I was up an=
d
down those roads so much I got worried someone might call the police to
check out what I was doing there!  Lol.

I was so sad when reading your Goodells book to find a page missing - and
one that had more info on the Poor Farm!!!!   :-(

Thanks again for the information. I wish I could live there once again and
be a part of the volunteer effort.=20

Kathleen



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Subject: Wales Township and Goodells Michigan History



Kathleen,
The Farm Museum is run by volunteers and houses TONS of historical
information. Did you get a chance to go inside the Farm Museum? Our
township, Wales Township, does have a historical society and they are tryin=
g
to preserve the history of the area - but again, it's all volunteer. There
is information about the Poor Farm at the township hall on Wales Center Rd.=
,
and in the Farm Museum.

Don't quote me on this, but I have heard "they" (whoever "they" are) don't
want people traipsing through the cemetery and destroying the little bit
that is left there. The last time I was up there (I live on Castor Rd., 1/8
of a mile away), there was little indication where the graves were, and no
headstones to speak of.

This is what I have regarding Goodells/Wales township history online:
http://dns.advnet.net/stang/hobbies/history/history.php
Click Wales Township History and Goodells History.
Many people wrote the content, I merely came across it and made it availabl=
e
to others.


Ann