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Taken 28-Apr-11
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Dimensions4288 x 2848
Original file size6.34 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken28-Apr-11 14:18
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Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D90
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ISO speedISO 200
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Live Oak Cemetery

Live Oak Cemetery

Austin br/Travis County, Texas br/30 07.537' N 97 49.083' W br/br/Historical Marker: The original four-acre section of this cemetery included land donated by James M. Turley (1856-83) and Andrew Jackson Hammett (1829-1907). the oldest grave is that of Turley's daughter, Tennessee Belle Hart, and her baby, who died on Aug. 27,1874. A community church, erected near the burial ground in 1874; also housed a school from 1877 to about 1886. Pioneers in this area gathered each summer for a 10-day long camp meeting held under an adjacent brush arbor. Live Oak Cemetery was enlarged in 1948; when Herman Heep gave an additional 11.06 acres. The site contains about 1600 graves.