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Bloodland Cemetery on Iowa Avenue, Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Photo by Pulaski County Obits.Bloodland Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, MO., at the former site of the town of Bloodland. The town was razed in the early 1940’s to make way for the Fort Leonard Wood military installation. It is located on Fort Leonard Wood, about 3 miles south of the airport, across the road from the Bloodland Range House near Range #11.
Bloodland Cemetery was originally a graveyard in the town of Bloodland, Missouri. The town was razed by the government to build Fort Leonard Wood. Fort Wood has named Bloodland Range Control to honor the once thriving town in Pulaski County.
According to Tombstone Inscriptions of Pulaski County this cemetery also includes graves that were previously located in Routh Cemetery, Hicks Cemetery, and St. Anne Cemetery, which were reburied here, under authority of a government contract in 1942. This graveyard has approximately 40 unmarked graves, and is the subject of local legends that speak of haunting and odd events which supposedly occur here, dating back to 1942.
According to the Fort Leonard Wood newspaper, The Guidon, Bloodland Cemetery "holds a prohibitionist, a Mason and a man who served with Company C, 151st Pennsylvania Infantry, most likely during the Civil War."
Latitude: 37.6914309
Longitude: -92.1512745
Township 34-Range 11-Section 04
Bloodland Cemetery is the location of the graves that were moved from St. Anne, Routh, and Hicks Cemeteries. Photo by Pulaski County Obits, September 2009
I have a question on Bloodland Cemetery. I would really like to talk to you about it if you could contact me. I have an Aunt that is buried there, there are two graves there for her. she is under her maiden name and then under another name. Same Birth dates, same death death dates. Everything is the same but the last name. Could you Plez help me with this one? (angelsaroundme@sbcglobal.net
ReplyDeleteI apologize, but I do not know the answer to your question at this time. Hopefully someone who reads this forum will be able to lend a hand, and of course, if I learn anything, I will contact you. If you are in the local area, you may be interested in joining the Pulaski County Historical Society and/or doing research at their facility. The membership fee for a year is quite reasonable, only $10. You do not have to be member to use their research materials. Keep checking back on this site, I am trying to add content daily. Good luck with your search!
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