https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/wilks-family-postcards daily 0.75 2018-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490830941-PVDDRCGQKYN7K5AFAUS3/Card018.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - Undated This undated card from Esther Hull (daughter or daughter-in-law of Martha Wilks Hull, sister to Rebecca Wilks White) to her Aunt Rebecca is a fitting beginning to these images of Wilks family correspondence. “To send you all the love that is in Trenton”, says it all. The postcards document a close, affectionate, multi-generational connection maintained for decades between the family members remaining in Iowa and the family members in Texas. (The family correspondence was made available by Donald White, great grandson of Rebecca Wilks White). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490830941-PVDDRCGQKYN7K5AFAUS3/Card018.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - Undated This undated card from Esther Hull (daughter or daughter-in-law of Martha Wilks Hull, sister to Rebecca Wilks White) to her Aunt Rebecca is a fitting beginning to these images of Wilks family correspondence. “To send you all the love that is in Trenton”, says it all. The postcards document a close, affectionate, multi-generational connection maintained for decades between the family members remaining in Iowa and the family members in Texas. (The family correspondence was made available by Donald White, great grandson of Rebecca Wilks White). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490842478-V59L6FG1ZSZH4Q0D6PP2/Card012.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - Aug, 10, 1912 Hello Mother, how are you. I am well and hope you got your card. Was glad to hear from you, Mother. Bob said that Bunt (?) and her little family was getting along all right so answer soon. Re to my Dear Mother. (Re being the nickname of a daughter or daughter-in-law of Martha Wilks Hull, who, given the post mark, is visiting in Texas.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490866822-03WM58NM9MBP29SCEBI4/Card010.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 9/4/1912 Hello Aunt beba, how are you by this time? I am well and hope you are the same. Tell Aunt Martha hello for me. I was glad to hear from you. Answer soon. From Winnie, by by. (Winnie Wilks, age 14, to her aunt, Rebecca Wilks White, who appears to be visiting in Iowa.) This cache of letters and postcards date from a period long removed from the moment in 1866 when the family was split by the move of Thomas & Margaret and their younger children to Texas. In 1912, the daughters of Thomas and Margaret Wilks ranged in age from Eliza at 81 to Rebecca at 63. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490857454-06WSB4PSJTH02NKJDQHD/Card003.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 11/4/1913 Dear Auntie, with this card I am sending a good many Happy Birthday greetings. From Esther to Aunt Becca. Martha Wilks married Peter Hull in 1863. At best, Esther would have been a toddler when her Aunt Becca moved to Texas. She might not have yet been born. But the warmth of her feelings for her Aunt are evident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490863703-YBZTGE5ZNGKO01FAG2Y5/Card008.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 12/23/1915 Dear Aunt, just a card to wish you a Merry Xmas. I haven’t forgotten that I owe you a letter. Will write to you soon. Mae and family are here now to spend Christmas. Hope this will find you all well. Everybody as well as common here. As ever, Nannie. (Nannie Courtney, daughter of Malinda Wilks Courtney, sister to Rebecca Wilks White, to her aunt.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490838688-0YNVTC4LI99PQZT8SV37/Card023.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 4/21/1916 Dear Auntie, just a card to let you know that we are still among the living. All well as common. Hope you are the same. Aunt Becca, why can’t you come up and stay with us this summer? I think every day I will write you a letter. As ever, Nannie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490834520-GKDKII01KXTP4O7ESUSA/Card021.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 5/10/1916 Hello Aunt Becky, we will go to OK on Friday if it does not rain. We may get Mr. Dyer’s (?) hack as it is handier and if you can go, come tomorrow. If you can’t we shall know by you not coming. Sook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490859459-GN7S2GHICGL2RYHM9YYJ/Card002.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 8/14/1917 Dear Aunt, will send you a card to see if you owe me a letter or I owe you. We haven't heard from you for so long. I forgot who did write last. Everybody well as common here and hope this will find you the same. We are going to iron this morning so it is time I was busy so write soon. Nan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490835574-7IPUV7CQGJD3AWCMV2DU/Card019.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 10/28/1918 Hello Aunt Becca. How are you and are you still baking? We are all well. I feel lots better than I did for a while after I came over here. Hope to see you all before very long. As ever, Bessie. (Bessie is possibly Elizabeth Hull, daughter of Martha Wilks Hull.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490849616-35B5INS3DGAKRNA8DK1Y/Card016.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 12/23/1918 Dear Aunt, I received your letter and was glad you haven't had the influenza. Father is not very strong yet. I had it but was only in a week. Am feeling pretty well. Well, write and tell me if old Santa Clause came your way or not. Ma is feeling pretty well. We are washing today. Got it ready to hang out. Write soon, Esther Hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490857163-1L6KDVE6EEV8O2X3F08O/Card004.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 2/11/1921 Dear Aunt Becca, just a few lines to remember your birthday and as Mother is sick she could not write you so I will for her. We got your letter. We are all well except for her and she has the grip. Has been in bed about a week. Well, hope this finds you well. Will try to write you a letter later. Esther Hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490838282-32SSYMH9EMQDZJ02YQZV/LetterEdgedinBlack.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 5/25/1923 Dear Aunt Becca, just a line to tell you the sad news. Mother passed away 7:30 o’clock tonight. She died so easy, Auntie. Just quit breathing. We will put her away Sunday. Write to me, Aunt Becca. Esther. (Announcement of the death of Martha Wilks Hull.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490831372-MQQ5MLETQKTX75NNYERB/Card017.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 11/21/1923 Dear Auntie, just a card wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. How are you? I will write you a letter soon in answer to your most welcome one. With love, Esther & all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490863490-NEBNNT4R0UBTG739BQ5Q/Card009.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - 4/16/1924 Dear Aunt, How are you these fine days? It looks here like we are going to have summer now. Have a little garden planted, but not much. I suppose you have it to eat already. Write me a letter, haven't heard from you in a long time. Esther. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490849698-RNWTC2DVUH5SLU9MPK31/Card015.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - Dec, 1925 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. From Julia Wilks Little to sister, Rebecca Wilks White. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490858303-IT43BMQ7OIMEJRXR5M4M/Card001.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - Undated Dear Sister, wishing you the happiest birthday of your life and hope you may live to see many more. From your sister, Malinda. (From Malinda Wilks Courtney to Rebecca Wilks White.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490854070-UXTOJ9UQ11KZWVYW1NTA/Card005.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - Undated Hello Aunt Becca. Come over and take dinner with us Thanksgiving Day and I will have fried chicken and a sweet potato pie. Hoping you a happy time in your meeting Xmas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490860078-E61D91MAAEG8J1G6B0CF/Card007.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - Undated Dear Aunt, just a card to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We are all pretty well except had colds. Hope you are well. The ground is white with snow. From Eva to Aunt Becca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540490836753-0MTYHYCL5SWXI8WM7QYM/Card020.jpg Wilks Family Postcards - Undated A fitting end, the affection shines through as brightly as if it had been written yesterday. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/the-gallery daily 0.75 2018-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538255620635-CUUNK4J4MRNRRWKHAFBJ/Thomas+Wilks_small.jpg The Gallery https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories daily 0.75 2020-06-28 https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2018/10/6/finding-the-cemetery monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022170175-NQTBXXQLQWLAOEPJROEO/wandaHolmesOliver-grounds.jpg Our Story - Part one - Finding the Cemetery All but Forgotten, Resting in Peace. 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Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2018/10/10/growing-up-on-bois-darc monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539207633106-17KS9RVGECXF27ZYB3WB/wandaHolmesOliver-lastEmbrace.jpg Our Story - Part one - Growing Up on Bois D'Arc The Last Embrace, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2018/10/18/letters-to-the-departed-martin-amp-susan-cagle monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539877131908-K1CSXP5464QUZCFGI7ZS/gingerSiscoCook+-+Wanda+at+Wilks+Cemetery+at+the+laying+of+the+letters+and+flowers+June+2018.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Martin & Susan Cagle Wanda Photographing the Decorated Graves, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539877082027-Q9T15ZFF5ILCN1WLIEGQ/gingerSiscoCook+-+Susan+Cagle+Monument+web+sized.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Martin & Susan Cagle Cagle Monument Decorated, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2018/10/25/letters-to-the-departed-cagle-children monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540473441533-2HF2AR8MRY2NBXT66BFH/gingerSiscoCook+-+Wilks+Cemetery+Cagill+Footstones+Letter+and+Bouquet.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Cagle Children Wilks Cemetery - Cagle Foot Stone Letters and Bouquets, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540473409056-LMKPN6P1Y3IJVMDX2SXM/gingerSiscoCook+-+Wilks+Cemetery+making+of+the+wildflower+bouquets.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Cagle Children Wilks Cemetery - Making of the Wildflower Bouquets, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2018/10/28/letters-to-the-departed-bonham-family monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540743222114-U3L9L6AX8NYNJG1HTQQU/wandaHolmesOliver-bonhamGraveSite7.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Bonham Family Bonham Family Gravesite, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540743938878-72DGFKAQK0VME8ABO71Z/wandaHolmesOliver-story-decoratingTheGraves4.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Bonham Family Lovely Basket Ginger Made to Honor Charity & Louisa, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2018/10/28/letters-to-the-departed-wilks-family monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540745487749-DUBRTNVF13Z7NNWN3CHE/gingerSiscoCook+-+Wilks+Cemetery+Milton+Letter+and+Bouquet.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Wilks Family Milton’s Grave, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540745965783-ILRKAHHIDQ5NGBQBS7Q1/gingerSiscoCook+-+Wilks+Cemetery+Unknown+Letter+and+Bouquet.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Wilks Family Unknown Grave, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540745717900-B5T2NCA6QO957AAA6CEH/gingerSiscoCook+-+Wilks+Cemetery+Noah+Letter+and+Bouquet.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Wilks Family Noah’s Grave, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540745134159-ZMB0GZHFKX528BNCSN6O/gingerSiscoCook+-+Wilks+Cemetery+Mary+Letter+and+Bouquet.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Wilks Family Mary’s Grave, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540760163019-Q9OCEZ0Y0UP6OU8LZ3ZY/gingerSiscoCook+-+Wilks+Cemetery+Fredrick+Letter+and+Bouquet.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Wilks Family Fredrick’s Grave, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1540746024700-6V9TM39T6Q4F6HT0IUI3/gingerSiscoCook+-+Wilks+Cemetery+Wilks+Row+Letter+and+Bouquet.jpg Our Story - Part one - Letters to the Departed - Wilks Family Row of Wilks Graves, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2018/11/22/finding-living-descendants-beulah-hipp monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1542903092923-B7FV1KOMHT11C0QHHIQT/gingerSiscoCook+-+Beulah+and+Wanda+at+Wilks+Cemetery+April+23+2018.jpg Our Story - Part one - Finding Living Descendants - Beulah Hipp Beulah and Wanda at Beulah’s Grandmother’s (Florence Wilks) Grave, video still by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1542906693314-MD734PDJD7F06X55JG34/Wilks+Family+Members_photoByLarryStandlee_resized.jpg Our Story - Part one - Finding Living Descendants - Beulah Hipp Wilks Family Visit to Wilks Cemetery, photo by Larry Standlee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1542900967373-SFUDBLP6Y6ZUUD4BUURD/gingerSiscoCook+-+Beulah+Hipp+Video+Still+April+2018.jpg Our Story - 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Part one - Finding Living Descendants - The Bonham Family Bonham Family Farm as it appeared in 1992 during a previous family reunion, photo courtesy of the Bonham family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1544393997731-VBVF610ASJFDJBIFRHAO/wandaHolmesOliver-bonhamPlotAtWillowWild1jpg Our Story - Part one - Finding Living Descendants - The Bonham Family James Bonham plot in Willow Wild Cemetery, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1544396052587-YXJYF8ADDDP37CWYDP6R/wandaHolmesOliver-bonhamPlotInWillowWild3.jpg Our Story - Part one - Finding Living Descendants - The Bonham Family Resting place of Marye Erwin and William Arthur Bonham in Willow Wild Cemetery, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1544379023404-DQJY6I1OKRS6ENOECZ83/Mary+Erwin+%26+Willam+A.+Bonham+on+their+Honeymoon.jpg Our Story - Part one - Finding Living Descendants - The Bonham Family Marye Erwin and William Arthur Bonham on their honeymoon in 1925, photo courtesy of the Bonham family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1544395602310-X7Q1K2OL0OC9R5QQZXXE/wandaHolmesOliver-bonhamPlotInWillowWild2.jpg Our Story - Part one - Finding Living Descendants - The Bonham Family Charity & Louisa Bonham headstone and foot stones in Bonham plot in Willow Wild, to the right of the headstone of Elaine and James Bonham, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1545067874314-R8JOG54S6W0U97OOCA3C/48407575_554545548359933_1461162030311407616_n.jpg Our Story - Part one - Finding Living Descendants - The Bonham Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1544395891473-OKTXKS9T4LQMHZBS1Q2D/gingerSiscoCook+-+Willow+Wild+Cemetery+Bonham+Texas+Oct+2018+A.jpg Our Story - Part one - Finding Living Descendants - The Bonham Family Visit to Willow Wild Cemetery, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1545067830360-6J6SAML5092M2O8P9Y8X/48356300_603865683392741_5717053327305342976_n.jpg Our Story - 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Story by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1546704168450-NYDSPW8DHBA294EHRGXL/48415004_2335885233306657_915227229783326720_n.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Cagle Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1546704143655-HADZIHKV6NYB358AI2ZT/48413838_540122973121468_1855005639386857472_n.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Cagle Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1546704186966-4WUOQU3B3TVB3K9X6N6R/48987903_2257566387849510_3642927089360830464_n.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Cagle Family https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2019/1/28/the-day-reality-bit monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1548709195132-IQIUCOB1S1SRRT4RXZAC/Look+back+toward+Wilks+Cemetery+from+hillside+by+GSC+web.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Day Reality Bit Looking back toward Wilks Cemetery from Hillside, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1548713973601-JZZKAKETHIJK3780M412/wandaHolmesOliver-construction-orangeFencing2.jpg Our Story - 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Part one - Contacting NTMWD Tranquil still, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1549398778097-RNNSJ6CS14NYJQ1PEU6Q/After+Court+on+1+Aug+2018+FM+1396+toward+Carson+by+GSC+web+2.jpg Our Story - Part one - Contacting NTMWD Along FM1396 towards Carson, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1549398834832-TYK6IRJ0R48QWYG8KHSQ/Mr+Foremans+Lane+far+entrance+22+July+2018+by+GSC+web.jpg Our Story - Part one - Contacting NTMWD On CR2705, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1549398739982-KSNVE2M8WJHYTXE9F5F9/After+Court+on+1+Aug+2018+FM+1396+toward+Carson+by+GSC+web1.jpg Our Story - Part one - Contacting NTMWD Along FM1396 towards Carson, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1549398326759-HLB5G0QV2O5NJQ906CMK/After+Court+on+1+Aug+2018+First+sight+of+dam+being+built+across+from+Mr+Foremans+land+by+GSC+web.jpg Our Story - Part one - Contacting NTMWD First sight of dam being built across from Mr Foreman’s land, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1549398639527-BKC8NO9FKQZ5GYN9WR9L/After+Court+on+1+Aug+2018+FM+1396+toward+Carson+by+GSC+web+3.jpg Our Story - Part one - Contacting NTMWD Along FM1396 towards Carson, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2019/3/4/the-land-that-became-the-cemetery monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1551732196265-FX7D4KSMP2ZT49KY45QM/James+Kerr+Survey.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Land that Became the Cemetery Abstract data overlaid on Google Earth image, abstract data from EarthPoint. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2019/3/25/the-disinterment-of-the-graves-part-i monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553543192756-XJQJ8ZUSESSZB90AHT0S/gingerSiscoCook-Wilks+Cemetery+12+Sept+2018+First+look+at+flagged+graves+by+gsc+web+.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment Of The Graves, Part I Graves surveyed and marked in advance of removal of the stones, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553545399865-3EY88DFD1B1TZMJZCGG6/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment1-3.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment Of The Graves, Part I Detail of terraces, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553543292550-9CJZY00CE5QM741IM80Z/gingerSiscoCook-Wilks+Cemetery+12+September+First+Look+at+Flagged+Grave+Sites+by+gsc+web.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment Of The Graves, Part I Our last view of the Wilks Cemetery intact, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553543638812-OGA77QV415JTHSE73FJP/gingerSiscoCook-Wilks+Cemetery+23+Oct+2018+Removal+of+dirt+by+gsc+web.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment Of The Graves, Part I First glimpse of the disinterment, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553545800747-SDR8U3QLUSQ7P9V1D4P6/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment1-17.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment Of The Graves, Part I Recovery team at work, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553545695678-1UI1FIC2DQ1490GAKM80/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment1-2.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment Of The Graves, Part I Recovery team at work, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553546510688-N3HS1L91ZOK559OW5ZVZ/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment1-12.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment Of The Graves, Part I Outline of grave identified, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553543924211-UU0MUXZFVHO4HE3I6CMS/gingerSiscoCook-Wilks+Cemetery+23+Oct+2018+First+View+of+Burial+Removal+by+gsc+web.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment Of The Graves, Part I The initial excavation, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553545533745-Z4DNESBE0OGJZ48EVZ7W/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment1-16.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment Of The Graves, Part I Recovery team at work, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553546299250-IP4Y1HA0MBAIMFAQBB20/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment1-14.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment Of The Graves, Part I The empty grave of Charles Jefferson Wilks, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2019/3/25/the-disinterment-of-the-graves-part-ii monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553549194483-2CF06EDH8DJTIS268V3K/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment2-7.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part II Sections cleared, section remaining, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553547887482-NKRN4Y7AOX3FP6N4RW68/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment2-20.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part II Recovery team at work, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553549025932-YIA3HNQ62DHG0TVDH685/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment2-19.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part II Detail of scraping, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553548061547-MBEKLCOMQF7EOZD7WTML/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment2-6.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part II Taking measurements, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553611146341-FM2YKINVB3TRHOR7Q4OA/Wilks-Cemetery-Schematic.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part II For illustrative purposes only. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553547596266-8EWUXZWP5BFYP9J7YDIR/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment2-18.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part II Second visit to excavation, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2019/3/25/the-disinterment-of-the-graves-part-iii monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553550852981-POMY669PFLUAQARO8LUU/wandaHolmesOliver-GingerAtBonhamSite.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part III Ginger documenting the Bonham Site, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553550504833-O6YJ9MITMUG814P1RP50/wandaHolmesOliver-BonhamDisinterment1.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part III Bonham site in early light, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553551043944-2X4G9ZB8CAVAVF01VTRD/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment3-8.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part III Final view of the Wilks Cemetery, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1556742127718-B8C52259L34FZP0447VD/wandaHolmesOliver-bonhamGraveSite1.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part III Bonham Family Cemetery, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553550895173-1KI4I7NUAEVQN8QD9H02/wandaHolmesOliver-BonhamDisinterment2.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part III Bonham Site, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553551143984-Y5WSLQ8Z9THH8LJPMPGT/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment3-11.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part III Looking to the future, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553551246528-OE87RPV6AY5OI7XS21MX/wandaHolmesOliver-grounds-morningLight1.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part III Wilks Cemetery as we knew it, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553550781985-FLA00BI3PK6LV8IT88WS/wandaHolmesOliver-BonhamDisinterment4.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part III Emptied grave, Bonham Site, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553725842716-DGLW806P8AYOB8YJ56W8/Bonham-Cemetery-Schematic.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part III For illustrative purposes only. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1553551090084-ULLYDZ5YQNRAYKSAW2A6/wandaHolmesOliver-WilksDisinterment3-10.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Disinterment of the Graves, Part III Walking from the Wilks Site out towards what will be the basin of the lake, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2020-01-21-picking-up-the-threads monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1579638002866-EIAUJN0H7WY1SAXOBBBI/Wilks+Family+-+Milton+Wilks.jpg Our Story - Part one - Picking Up the Threads From left to right, Julia, Milton, & Rebecca Wilks. Photo courtesy of Donald White. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2019/5/20/the-mystery-of-the-cagles monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1560197333523-SGNIKBIBLEHNRRQLDVB8/Cagle+Monument+-+Lily.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Unidentified & The Cagle Mysteries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1560197312230-TVTYU8765F9360FOHRTI/Cagle+Monument+-+In+My+Father%27s+House.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Unidentified & The Cagle Mysteries Rubbings from the Cagle monument. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2019/5/21/the-unidentified monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1558474031161-CDBMV4SJG2RUD5UHEA7V/Wilks-Cemetery-Area_fromTexasLandSurveyMaps_resized.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Unidentified Base map from “Texas Land Survey Maps for Fannin County”, by Gregory A. Boyd, J. D., used with permission of the publisher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1558461171078-3Q8WNJIPLQLZELGE43ET/Northeast+Fannin+County+Known+Burials+1838-1852.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Unidentified https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1558713959190-DPFM2BERV18F60X7FY4Q/Early+Settlements_resized.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Unidentified https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2019/7/4/the-unidentified-wilks-mysteries monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1562252129556-8CZULD7JT2PZL1B9TUK6/Wilks+Cemetery+Schematic.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Unidentified & The Wilks Mysteries Gray markers indicate the relative position of the unmarked graves found. Yellow markers indicate the Cagle row. Green markers indicate the Wilks row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1562260882482-B4GFFD6WEVK9LSXF7TG3/wilksRubbing_cora.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Unidentified & The Wilks Mysteries https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2019/8/14/the-unidentified-amp-the-bonham-mysteries monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1565831383465-OIHAGHNTDQXEZ8PIIJPB/wandaHolmesOliver_bonhamReintermentSite.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Unidentified & The Bonham Mysteries Reinterment Site in Willow Wild Cemetery, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1565823274591-ZC2DITK9QBN9I140DI9E/wandaHolmesOliver-story-decoratingTheGraves4.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Unidentified & The Bonham Mysteries The grave of Charity & Louisa at the base of an enormous oak, decorated in the spring of 2018 by Ginger & Wanda, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2019/9/24/the-cemetery-families-amp-the-civil-war monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1569379642125-3T1V06XAJLOX2CB31SLA/3b47403r.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Cemetery Families & The Civil War Union Cavalry Camp, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1569361633073-S2NFDVIN2MEXG678BK6S/Fold3_Edward%26Robert.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Cemetery Families & The Civil War Pages from the Fold3.com military records of Edward and Robert Cagle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1569367126557-HA9HKE8B8WRQGPHK6AUE/Charity+Josephine+and+John+Posey+Gist+.jpg Our Story - Part one - The Cemetery Families & The Civil War Charity Josephine (Tatty) and John Posey Gist, from Pine Cones and Cactus. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/stories/2020/6/20/picking-up-the-threads-again monthly 0.5 2020-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1592756442004-Y4QMNMIBBZD4JWVYWUI6/wandaOliver_boisdArcLakeDamConstruction.jpg Our Story - Part one - Picking Up The Threads, Again Bois d’Arc Lake Dam Construction, viewed from approximate location of Wilks Cemetery, July, 2019. 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During the disinterment, this grave was found to be empty. We had thought It possibly the grave of Alvie Wilks, granddaughter of Betty & Milton Wilks, who died at age 6 or 7, the tragic victim of a fire. Her death certificate indicates she was buried in the Wilks Cemetery, and there is no other marker that might be hers. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022461329-X7V1JACYUGTRGFI7FGDX/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-coraWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - Earth has one pure spirit less, Heaven one inmate more Cora Wilks, daughter of Florence & Milton Wilks, age 2.5 months. Cora’s grave is at the southern end of a line of Wilks graves running slightly northeast. Her grandparents, Thomas and Margaret Wilks, rest in the center of this line. Their son, Milton, and members of his family, lie to the south of Thomas. Son, Newton, and his family members lie to the north of Margaret. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022527604-18M5K7UE11HSB2OQB7BC/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-FlorenceWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - A loving wife and mother dear, by loving hands is buried here Florence Wilks, second wife of Milton Wilks, mother of Cora Wilks, age 27. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022552099-JYO8WJD76NXNA3OVVRKW/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-miltonWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - Though lost to sight, to memory dear Milton Wilks, son of Thomas and Margaret Wilks, age 66. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022577265-CSBO36Y13XD8LW896S3R/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-bettyWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - Weep not for me for I am at rest Betty Wilks, first wife of Milton Wilks, age 33. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022598254-FJUQCP6WPQ82A9LRMWSJ/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-EmseyWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - My little tongue is praising God in Heaven Emsey Wilks, son of Betty & Milton Wilks, who died just a few days before his 1st birthday. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022620727-R3Z5BYRGKM2UIOT1MD9P/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-noahWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - Of such is the kingdom of Heaven Noah Wilks, son of Betty & Milton Wilks, age 6 months. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022644791-DRFP4NNHOD0F84LZBV1D/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-infantSonWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - Baby sleeps sweetly here Infant Son, son of Betty & Milton Wilks, who entered and exited this realm on the same day. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022668829-XHVU22WFDL60UBU0WJZM/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-thomasWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - I hope to meet my loved ones Thomas Adam Wilks, age 71. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022688312-KEM0AQ9JI584S9MVKE25/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-margaretWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - Sleep Mother while your children round you weep Margaret J. Wilks, wife of Thomas Wilks, age 55. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022709788-XZIFPAXZPWJQ2TZKB3HR/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-fredrickWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - Budded on earth to bloom in heaven Fredrick Wilks, son of Mary & Newton Wilks, age 14 months. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022730823-ZK5G72TY49XJZ7MW5WMT/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-elziaWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - Gone to rest Elzia N. Wilks, son of Mary & Newton Wilks, 21 months old. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022755371-N0VTBVX88QM5M0KPO9O0/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-CharlesWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - Weep not Papa and Mama for me, for I am waiting in Heaven for thee Charles Jefferson Wilks, son of Mary & Newton Wilks, age 8.5. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022778094-PB8EWIF2B33EM92PBSD1/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-newtonWilks.jpg Cemetery Photos - A loving husband and father dear, a faithful friend lies buried here Newton Wilks, son of Thomas & Margaret Wilks, age 45. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022798648-WRMX10CND3M8BIJ16NBD/wandaHolmesOliver-tombstone-maryWiks.jpg Cemetery Photos - Marked by funeral home stake only Mary Wilks, wife of Newton Wilks, age 76. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022825519-GDO6FGOL17LKRD7J9JQD/wandaHolmesOliver_tombstone_cagle5.jpg Cemetery Photos - In my father's house are many mansions The Family of Martin G. and Susan C. Cagle, commemorated by this lovely monument, lie in a line parallel to, and to the east of the Wilks family graves. The graves of Martin & Susan are marked by the monument. JHC lies to the south of the monument, MSC, SHH, ESC, and MVC lie to the north. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022856480-0VCDSFDJHDYOFXV3W35Q/wandaHolmesOliver-bonhamGraveSite6.jpg Cemetery Photos - Bonham Gravesite Perhaps one quarter of a mile to the west and on the opposite of the road from the Wilks Cemetery lies the marker dedicated to: Charity, Wife of David Bonham, Born 1812, Died, Dec 14, 1865, and Louisa A. Dau. of J. & P.E. Bonham, Born Apr 18, 1864, Died Jan 24, 1866. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/the-cemeteries daily 0.75 2018-09-29 https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/familytrees daily 0.75 2018-12-27 https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/reference-pages daily 0.75 2019-03-22 https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/wilks-family-photos-1 daily 0.75 2018-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538877493994-8VDJCQ3YMWXCW7SDWTRI/Card010.jpg Wilks Family Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538788359533-7MXSWD6MBN2VM5Z5ZW4V/Wilks+Family+-+Milton+Wilks.jpg Wilks Family Photos From left to right Julia Wilks Little, Milton Wilks, & Rebecca Wilks White. Records indicate that Julia was married to Jonas Little on 10/28/1869 in Carson, Texas. She was 24 years old. At some point she and Jonas apparently moved away from the area. In any case, she died in Palestine, Texas in 1932 at the age of 86. Rebecca married Martin Putnam White in Carson, Texas on April 4, 1869 at the age of 19. She died in 1940, the last of her siblings to pass, and is buried in the White Family Cemetery near Lamasco, Texas. Milton, the youngest sibling, is buried in the Wilks Family Cemetery, and his story is told in the Cemetery pages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538788328583-JS4L5C1UWLBTRIGMJCOH/Wilks+Family+-+Margaret+Wilks.jpg Wilks Family Photos Margaret Jane Wilks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538788246183-OXFTU1MMU7EW63Q037Q1/Wilks+Family+-+Thomas+Wilks.jpg Wilks Family Photos Thomas Adam Wilks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538788386074-XJWZ059MB65XIY2EDI8N/Wilks+Family+-+Sisters.jpg Wilks Family Photos From left to right, Eliza Wilks Courtney, Malinda (Linda) Wilks Courtney & Martha Wilks Hull. These sisters, grown and married, with families of their own remained in Iowa when Thomas, Margaret, and the five youngest children came to Texas. However, the correspondence held by family descendants illustrates clearly that the family remained close despite the distance. The following postcard, written by 14-year-old, Winnie Wilks, surviving daughter of Florence & Milton Wilks, to her Aunt ‘Beba’ (Rebecca Wilks White), visiting in Iowa, with greetings to her Aunt Martha, is a wonderful example. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/the-land daily 0.75 2018-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539021586019-M4KP3WF13FBXSFRQ46A8/wandaHolmesOliver-cordellsRidge.jpeg The Land Cordell’s Ridge, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538266093921-0B9XJK726SQ8HB6Z2BTQ/BeforeConstruction.jpg The Land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539021700821-5PYUO7B43IN3FQRT4S5O/wandaHolmesOliver-boisdArcBottomTrees.jpeg The Land The Bottom, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539021625445-P7QIISLL83IU2P26WX52/wandaHolmesOliver-ranch-gatewayToParadise.jpeg The Land Gateway to Paradise, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538353390938-WKTK5MDRPTHF782O210Q/reservoir.jpg The Land Map used with permission by courtesy of the North Texas Municipal Water District. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539021556442-Z15Q5PWDMH4P1SATC25U/wandaHolmesOliver-theRoadIn.jpg The Land The Road In, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539021666679-SJRV24UBMTWY3Z3XPWHE/wandaHolmesOliver-ranch-wetlands.jpeg The Land Bottom Wetlands, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/the-bonham-cemetery daily 0.75 2019-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539022095400-6C30GC6LIL4PIA2V9LF2/wandaHolmesOliver-bonhamGraveSite1.jpg The Bonham Cemetery Bonham Burial Site, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538263546807-VAJP274DGMWPNWU9RHUJ/wandaHolmesOliver_bonhamGravesite_small.jpg The Bonham Cemetery https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/timeline daily 0.75 2019-03-25 https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/the-will-of-milton-wilks daily 0.75 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1554466667817-COQH8HTN1TYQSYX0AQTW/Milton+Wilks+Will+Page1.jpg The Will of Milton Wilks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1554466700654-39Z9X8I2NB579VYQ002L/Milton+Wilks+Will+Page2.jpg The Will of Milton Wilks https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/boisdarcgoodbye daily 0.75 2019-01-28 https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/the-wilks-cemetery daily 0.75 2019-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539021804955-O7ICW93K337AI64SMATH/wandaHolmesOliver_footStone_cagle3.jpg The Wilks Cemetery Cagle Marker with Only Initials, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539021874566-0UEEMJ3ED89EOWDIA4SK/wandaHolmesOliver_tombstone_cagle.jpg The Wilks Cemetery Cage Family Marker, photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538963725221-G48Y1G4H617OR9MBKONQ/gingerSiscoCook_Cora-Wilks-Tombstone-resized.jpg The Wilks Cemetery Tombstone of Cora Wilks, Daughter of Florence & Milton Wilks, photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538263522113-6UZUJTKQ2OVIEJ1RB1TT/wandaHolmesOlive_wilksCemetery_small.jpg The Wilks Cemetery https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/home daily 1.0 2018-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539637929275-P173JE2GK2QPL1HEBAH9/BDL_Overview_4x6.jpg Home The Bois d’Arc Lake Project, map provided by Freese &Nichols, Inc., and used by permission of North Texas Municipal Water District. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1539021461344-Z5IF3UF6MS3QBNGSSZ60/wandaHolmesOliver-grounds-morningLight1.jpg Home Wilks Family Cemetery in Morning Light. Photo by Wanda Holmes Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538952843389-0NMF9BBK1E7QAJRTVUK4/gingerSiscoCook_wanda-on-old-lannius-wooden-bridge-29-july-2018_orig.jpg Home Wanda on old Lannius Wooden Bridge. More of Wanda’s work can be found at https://www.wandaholmesoliver.com. Photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1538952538595-F57F32EDCJ1MJO0DC6MJ/gingerSiscoCook_ginger-cook_orig.jpg Home Ginger Sisco Cook. To see more of Ginger’s work, visit http://www.gingersiscocook.com. Photo by Ginger Sisco Cook. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/farm-memories-of-little-arthur-bonham daily 0.75 2018-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1544377505825-GXD3UQ01N36NNF42JSYL/story+of+William+A.+Bonham+-+Page+1.jpg Farm Memories of Little Arthur Bonham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1544377560425-RUV89QE01670TLSC2AEG/story+of+William+A.+Bonham+-+Page+3.jpg Farm Memories of Little Arthur Bonham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1544377531719-Q7JAHOQDWOH1VULEL7OF/story+of+William+A.+Bonham+-+Page+2.jpg Farm Memories of Little Arthur Bonham https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/contact daily 0.75 2018-10-07 https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/the-lake daily 0.75 2018-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5baf9a29755be24ce35577d5/1544390810056-F4BA1ZF49OHLR7AZJ2S7/BeforeConstruction.jpg Satellite Images of the Transition from Bottom to Lake A Google Earth view from prior to the beginning of construction, The confluence of Bois d’Arc Creek (on the left) and Honey Grove Creek (right) can be used to situate this view in comparison to the Planet Explorer views. The earliest view from Planet Explorer is from June, 2018 after construction had begun. https://handsacrosstimeproject.net/our-story daily 0.75 2020-01-21