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What to do with the Dead? Niagara’s Oakwood Cemetery

By Michelle Ann Kratts - October 15, 2013

Oakwood Cemetery, opened in 1852, was typical of the Rural Cemetery Movement — but far from ordinary. Designed by railroad engineer Theodore Judah, it’s the only cemetery with a section dedicated to Niagara’s daredevils.

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