Mount Olive Church Cemetery
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Marker for Louis Huey, Jr at Mount Olive Cemetery. Photo by Julia Frost
Mount Olive Church Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Red Mountain Park, currently under development. The cemetery originally served the former mining village of Redding and contains the remains of miners and their families.
In recent years, Birmingham had been maintaining the cemetery. On September 28, 2009, U. S. Steel and Birmingham announced a land swap that donated an additional 50-60 acres to Red Mountain Park, including the cemetery. This allowed the city to give up responsibility for it.
References
- Cooper, Lauren B. (September 28, 2009) "Birmingham, U.S. Steel donate land for Red Mnt. Park" Birmingham Business Journal
- "Red Mountain Park, Birmingham and U.S. Steel Make Historic Land Swap." (September, 28, 2009) ABC 33/40. Accessed[1] September 30, 2009
- Spencer, Thomas (September 29, 2009) "Red Mountain Park to add 50 more acres." The Birmingham News
External links
- Photographs and transcriptions from the Mount Olive Cemetery on Flickr.com