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    This document discusses Potter's Field, a cemetery for unknown or indigent individuals. It raises questions about how the cemetery was revitalized, the process used to make decisions, and community involvement. Secondary sources that could provide information include historical markers, meditation garden plaques, original newspaper articles about riots, and a Facebook group established for a historical marker. Crafting a story about the site for a wider audience poses challenges due to a lack of information, as the site was seemingly forgotten or ignored over time.

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    Presentation on Potter's field, accompanying two other essays and a podcast

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    This document discusses Potter's Field, a cemetery for unknown or indigent individuals. It raises questions about how the cemetery was revitalized, the process used to make decisions, and community involvement. Secondary sources that could provide information include historical markers, meditation garden plaques, original newspaper articles about riots, and a Facebook group established for a historical marker. Crafting a story about the site for a wider audience poses challenges due to a lack of information, as the site was seemingly forgotten or ignored over time.

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    11 views10 pages

    Final Presentation Public History Potter's Field QEpley

    Uploaded by

    Quincey Epley
    This document discusses Potter's Field, a cemetery for unknown or indigent individuals. It raises questions about how the cemetery was revitalized, the process used to make decisions, and community involvement. Secondary sources that could provide information include historical markers, meditation garden plaques, original newspaper articles about riots, and a Facebook group established for a historical marker. Crafting a story about the site for a wider audience poses challenges due to a lack of information, as the site was seemingly forgotten or ignored over time.

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    Potter's Field

    Site Significance
    • Because of the nature of a Potter’s Field

    Why did I choose • Knowledge of Will Brown


    • I wanted to see how they portrayed and remembered those
    it? buried there
    • Little to no information about it from a simple google search
    Overarching • What was the process to revitalize the
    cemetery? How did they make their decisions?

    Question How involved or supportive was the


    community?
    • Historical Marker, meditation garden plaques

    Secondary • OWH articles of restoration project and


    original Riot Articles
    Sources • Facebook group for historical marker
    establishment
    Use of Space
    Use of space
    Community
    Projects and
    Historic
    Conservation
    Memory
    What did you find challenging in • Lack of information
    crafting your story about the site
    • Forgotten on purpose
    for a popular audience?

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