This is a small, pleasant,
well-maintained cemetery. Eudora, Douglas County is a small
town located east of Lawrence, Kansas off of Kansas Route 10.
From the Municipal Building at Main and Sixth in downtown Eudora,
take County Route 1061 a mile or so north to the Kansas River,
where cross the bridge and go about one-half mile on Leavenworth
County Route 1 to the cemetery on the east side of the road. There
is a country lane on the north side of the cemetery. There are only
a few burial markers. Not all burials are necessarily those of
Delaware persons. In a plaque in the cemetery is a memorial to the
Delaware Indians, tracing a bit of their history. It says, in part,
"We will have peace as long as the moon will rise and set on the
Kaw." It reads also, in part, "We honor the early settlers who came
here to build homes, schools and churches and respect the
government of our country. This plot of land was set aside for a
burial plot and some of the settlers are buried in the northeast
corner. But we do not have a record of their names. The Indians
intermarried with the German settlers and most of the names listed
here are part Delaware Indian."
Some of the
history of the Delaware Indians and their cemetery near Eudora was
included in an article in the Eudora Enterprise, December 3,
1975. The Delaware arrived in Kansas in 1829, settling in the White
Church area. The Delaware cemetery has been restored through the
efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Koerner, Lawrence, and is being
preserved as a memorial to the tribe.
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