Graves of Freed Slaves Found After Water Level at Navarro County TX Reservoir Falls Due to Drought

Graves of freed slaves found at Richland Chambers Reservoir in Navarro County, TX, after water levels fall due to one of the worst droughts in the state's history.

Graves of freed slaves found in Navarro County, TX, after water level at the Richland Chambers Reservoir falls due to the worst droughts in the state's history. According to the Daily Mail, two graves have been uncovered that are believed to have been buried for more than a century.

Cemeteries were marked and moved before the Richland Chambers Reservoir in Navarro County, Texas, was filled in the 1980s, but this small cemetery without tombstones went unnoticed. Human remains were initially discovered in 2009 by boaters when the water level was low, but the water rose quickly and archaeologists and historians have been waiting ever since for the reservoir to reveal the cemetery again.

Bruce McManus, chairman of the Navarro County Historical Commission, said: 'It's not one of the great finds of history, but it's important to us on a local level. 'It's one of the lost cemeteries we've been looking for.' Source: Daily Mail

While this may not be the archaeological find of the century, it is important for us as a people to recognize what our forefathers went through in the name of freedom and to give them the final resting place they deserve.