Here in Nebraska, active cemeteries are maintained by a Cemetery Board that is required for each one by state statute.
My county has 17 cemeteries that are considered "Abandoned", because no one claims ownership and there are no more burials. (As a County Commissioner, I'm liaison to the abandoned cemeteries). Two have only one grave, others have a dozen or more. Nebraska State statutes require each county to maintain the abandoned cemeteries and cause each one to be mowed at least twice per year, with one mowing occurring within 10 days prior to Memorial Day. Statute also limits each county to spending $1,000 per cemetery per year. We contract with a lawn service to mow the abandoned cemeteries and usually mow them up to six times per year, depending on weather, grass growth, etc.
I'm also liaison to our County Ag Extension Office, and some of the 4H clubs adopt abandoned cemeteries and maintain them beyond what the county can.
One of the one grave cemeteries we maintain is simply the grave with four posts around it and a small white wooden cross on it about 50 yards into a field. The story is that in the early days a lady on a wagon train died in childbirth. With weather concerns, the threat of Indians, etc., the wagon train couldn't be delayed so all they could do was bury her and move on. I've heard both ways of whether the baby survived or is buried with the lady. I would guess the baby survived.
We don't know, nor do we have any way of knowing who she was. The only way we would ever find out is if descendants came looking. Kind of sad, really, but that's the way it was back then. Life on the plains was harsh.
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