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Feb. 24, 2013 Postmarks
Decision Reached on Fate of Oakwood Cemetery's Unidentified Graves
City will exhume and re-inter 25 bodies discovered in former "colored grounds"
"...the 25 unidentified graves found underneath the chapel at Oakwood Cemetery in November, choosing to stick to its initial..."
May 26, 2017 News Feature by Montinique Monroe
New Findings Shed Light on Oakwood Chapel Burials
Remains at city's oldest cemetery were exhumed, studied, and now await reinterment
"...we've learned about the 35 people buried under the Oakwood Cemetery chapel whose remains were exhumed and studied, according..."
May 22, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Decisions Await for the Fate of Oakwood Chapel
Is moving graves from under the chapel adding insult to injury?
"...Austin’s segregated past pervades within the city’s Oakwood Cemetery. Built in 1839, the cemetery spans 40 acres..."
April 13, 2017 News Post by Montinique Monroe
Will Oakwood Remains Find Their Families?
Researchers look for relatives of unidentified bodies
"...In 2016, maintenance on the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel was halted when the remains of 36..."
Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
More Cemetery Stories
"...Dear Editor, I greatly enjoyed Cheryl Smith's article on Oakwood Cemetery and those who seek to foster its recognition..."
April 26, 2006 Postmarks
Cemetery Master Plan Inches Closer to Life
Boards & commissions pass graveyard draft
"...cemeteries. Covering the five graveyards within city limits – Oakwood, Oakwood Annex, Plummers, Evergreen, and Austin Memorial Park –..."
July 3, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
City of the Dead
Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery
"...the corpse by wagon over to what is now Oakwood Cemetery. The horses would trot up either to the..."
April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
After 44 Years, Contentious Gravesite Decoration Rules May Change
Will new cemetery rules stick?
"...Cemetery Operations has dealt with many issues in its attempts..."
Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Day Trips: Sam Houston's Grave, Huntsville
Monument to first president of the Texas Republic is part of cemetery's art gallery
"...Sam Houston's grave and memorial in Huntsville's Oakwood Cemetery honors the man who was so instrumental in..."
July 8, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Death Waits for No Plan
Austin works on making its cemeteries more accessible to the public
"...Two of the first men buried in an Austin cemetery – or so the story goes – were killed..."
Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020
In person and virtual events abound on the city' annual free museum day
"...and family fun. 10am-5pm. www.pioneerfarms.org Save Austin’s Cemeteries (Historic Oakwood Cemetery) and Oakwood Chapel..."
Sept. 15, 2020 Arts Post
Shut Out Again
"...[News, Feb. 6] on the draft of the Austin Cemetery Master Plan, which addresses long overdue needs in Austin's..."
Feb. 11, 2015 Postmarks
How Austin Is Marking the Centennial of Women Winning the Vote
In 1920, women won the right to vote. In 2020, Austin is marking that victory in various ways. Here’s how.
"...want the new online exhibit "To Vote" presented by Oakwood Cemetery Chapel. It relates step-by-step the efforts to get..."
Aug. 14, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
'Best Of' Allows Write-In Votes
"...what is now used as an office area at Oakwood Cemetery. Up until two months ago this structure was..."
Oct. 18, 2005 Postmarks
Grave Importance
Meiling Guentzel explores her fascination with small local graveyards and death and learns about life in the process.
"...for tapophilia. There is, of course, the city's 150-plus-year-old Oakwood Cemetery sitting on 40 acres at Martin Luther King..."
Oct. 27, 2000 Features Feature by Meiling Guentzel
Downtown Puzzle: HOT History
Projects under consideration for the historic preservation “funding bucket”
"...Montopolis Negro School (privately owned, and contemplated for development); Oakwood Cemetery (unfunded renovations); Tejano Walking Trail (of historic sites);..."
Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Michael King
M.A.F.I.A. Super-8 Film Festival
"...& Chicon, the garden at Cafe Mundi, or the Oakwood Cemetery. All films run no longer than three minutes..."
March 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
PARD's Peeved Constituents
"...Parks and Recreation Department's long list of peeved constituents: cemetery preservationists ["Then There's This: Parks and Rec in Review,"..."
Jan. 2, 2013 Postmarks
Public Notice: Your City at Work
Planning, talking, digging, housing, walking
"...last year, in preparing for renovation of the historic Oakwood Chapel – built in 1914 in a racially segregated..."
March 24, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Council: No Zombies Before Midnight
City Council hears budget pleas, aids workers, tenants … & zombies
"...voted to approve a $1.6 million renovation of the Oakwood Cemetery chapel, overdue for repairs and planned for eventual..."
Sept. 5, 2016 News Post by Michael King
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Site Coordinator Jennifer Chenoweth's digital project at Austin's historic Oakwood Cemetery. Chenoweth's project helps determine the location of unmarked..."
Aug. 20, 2021 News Feature
Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup
Chinati Weekend in Marfa, Lantern Fest in Paige, and lots more!
"...Oakwood Cemetery Tours Oct. 28-30, Fort Worth, www.stockyardsmuseum.org..."
Oct. 5, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Who Benefits From a Reconnected Austin?
"...area just east of East Avenue and south of Oakwood Cemetery – City Cemetery at the time. The plan..."
Jan. 31, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross
Waking the Dead
Okkervil River's Will Sheff and Centro-matic's Will Johnson find common ground.
"...hot that you notice, really, but the ants in Oakwood Cemetery are unbearable. It's almost as if they're protecting..."
Sept. 12, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt
Austin at Large: Reading the Palm District
A new plan-of-plans puts the spotlight on Downtown’s hard, rough eastern edges
"...of Swede Hill where I live and where, at Oakwood Cemetery, Sir Svante Palm is buried.) The district was..."
Nov. 4, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
John Anderson's Top 10 Photos of 2020
"...Oakwood Cemetery on October 6..."
Dec. 17, 2020 Photo Gallery
Zoom Backgrounds From Austin's Most Haunted Locales
Make remote work meetings a bit spookier with these photos
"...in the night, it may be Alice entertaining you. Oakwood Cemetery Click here for the hi-res image Click here..."
Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Notable Events at East Austin Studio Tour 2019
Parties, performances, and portraits you’ll want to know about in this year’s EAST
"...the new film To Believe. Sat., Nov. 16, noon-3pm. Oakwood Cemetery Chapel, 1602 Navasota..."
Nov. 15, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Lose Yourself "Somewhere in Time" With Inherit Austin
Fall Fundraiser happens November 16 at Elisabet Ney Museum
"...Past events have been held at Boggy Creek Farms, Oakwood Cemetery, Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry, and..."
