Creek County OK _ Twin Mounds Cemetery Historical Marker

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         Twin Mounds Community and Twin Mounds Cemetery

First called Posey, town dated to 1880s and then was renamed for noted
landmark.  Citizens moved to Mounds in 1903 when R.R. bypassed town.  1905
discovery of oil nearby on Glenn farm led to boom that lasted into 1920s.
Thos. Gilcrease's allotment was nearby.  Area's first cemetery remains.

                Twin Mounds Pioneer Cemetery

When people died one hundred years ago in pioneer days they had to be
buried the next day because there were not any morticians to do the
embalming.  It lumber was available a coffin was made and covered with
black cloth, if they had it.  Some were just wrapped in blankets and
buried.

About one hundred years ago a man died on this prairie.  There was no
Mounds, Glenpool, Kiefer, and no cemetery.  "Uncle Dump" Berryhill's heart
was moved with compasson and he gve this five acres for a cemetery.  Later
he camped here with a rifle cradled acrosss his knees and kept the oil
drillers out.

Many graves are not marked.  Some were never marked and some markers have
been removed by tombstone thieves.  Because of the lack of doctors and
medicine many infants are buried here.  A lot of heartaches and grief are
in this small plot.  The reason hymns like "The Sweet Bye and Bye", and
others with the theme of meeting again were more popular then, was tha
every family had one or more deaths among their loved ones.  People did
not postpone salvation in that day.

When cemeteries sprung up around local communities the use of this one
tapered off.  Relatives died off, descendants moved away and this little
cemetery was neglectd, grwowing up with weeds and grass.  It became a
hangout for local teens, was vandalized, and became a spot for drugs,
drinking, and sex.

This spot is now being recognized for its historical significance and is
being restored from neglect.  These dead were once as active as you and I
when they began to settle this part of the world.  We ask you enter this
spot with respect for them.

"When your children ask their fathers in time to come saying, 'What mean
you by these stones?'  Ye shall answer them, 'These stones shall be a
memorial to these pioneers for ever'".  Joshua 4:6 & 7 transposed

                    Gene F. Sivadon
                     May 25, 1992