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Our Mission:
Milwaukie Pioneer Cemetery Association
provides for restoration projects and ongoing maintenance of the cemetery
and helps to sustain a part of the history of the City of Milwaukie people
into the future.
History:
Milwaukie Pioneer Cemetery began in 1850 with two burials and was
declared "full" in the 1950's.
The property was deeded to "the Public of Milwaukie" as a cemetery
in 1869 by Mr. & Mrs. William Meeks and Mr. & Mrs. H. W. Eddy and the
first Trustees were appointed at that time.
There are over 2150 burials according to the records we have been able to
locate.
Funding for the Association's ongoing maintenance and projects comes
primarily from donations and membership dues.
Newly updated for 2008, Milwaukie Pioneer Cemetery Comes To
Life is now being offered by the Milwaukie Historical Society and
available at the Milwaukie Museum, 3737 SE Adams St., Milwaukie, OR
97222. ($20.00 + shipping and handling, if applicable)
The Museum is open Saturday and Sunday, 11AM-3PM.
If you purchased the original edition of this book compiled in 2004, you
may purchase just the updated pages, of which there are quite a few.
Contact Madalaine Bohl, Milwaukie Museum 503-659-5267 for further information
or to purchase the book outside of Museum hours.
As a non-profit organization, Milwaukie
Pioneer Cemetery Assoc., Inc., Milwaukie, Oregon, is asking for your
support in the coming months. We need you, as members of and donors
to such organizations, to contact the State Representative for your
area regarding the the Registration Fee we all have to pay annually to the
Oregon State Corporation Commission. This fee is currently $50.00. We don't know
about other non-profit groups around the state, but that is the annual dues of
5 of our members!
All such non-profit groups perform a very important
function in keeping our Oregon history alive. This includes Historical
Societies, "Friends of" groups and all others that don't charge a lot
of dues for membership, but still manage to perform the vital functions of
preservation, restoration and maintenance of cemeteries, buildings and other
places of historical/local interest.
Visitors to our state are often drawn to the
very places for which we so lovingly care and we contribute more than we are
ever accredited, not only to the tourist/visitor industry, but also to
state and local pride-of-place. And yet, many such organizations ask
nothing from the state to do what we do. We simply should not be
"taxed" for keeping the historical torch lit.
This fee, charged by the State, takes quite a toll on such
groups. Our State Representatives need to be reminded that we continue to
help bolster state-wide revenues and we care for many places that otherwise
would be neglected or would cost the state taxpayer much greater sums to
maintain... much more than the loss of $50 annually to the state's coffers would
ever cover.
Please join us to help make sure this change to the
Corporation Commission rule is part of the work achieved by our 2009
Legislature.
Thanks!
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