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Figures 5-7: Atlases and aerial photographs were useful for Figures 8, 9: Mary: Smith Nelson spent her childhood at the Zane Grey
understanding the evolution of burial grounds in Lancaster County, famIly compound In Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. Recently, her
Pennsylvania. Comparing the plans from the 1864 and 1875 atlases recollectIOns of nearly eIghty years ago helped landscape architects to
(courtesy Lancaster County Historical Society) with a 1980 aerial document the evolution of this cultural landscape. These oral memoirs
photograph (courtesy Lancaster County Planning Commission) revealed have since bee? confirmed by archeological and archival findings.
the growth and development of Woodward Hill Cemetery and its (courtesy NatIOnal Park SerVIce, Zane Grey House Archives and
geographic context for over a century. LANDSCAPES)
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