Rediscovery of the
Rice Family Plantation Cemetery
in Raytown By David W. Jackson
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The Spring 2005 JOURNAL of the Jackson County Historical
Society features Rediscovery of the Rice Family Plantation Cemetery in
Raytown By David W.
Jackson
If you haven’t been to the
Rice-Tremonti Home in Raytown, its time to learn more about the 1840s
Archibald Rice plantation on the Santa Fe Trail. The small, ancient cemetery of
one of Jackson County’s earliest families was re-discovered last autumn by
two families in Raytown. It was an especially exciting find for at least
two initial reasons: 1) The graves are some of the earliest recorded, extant
burials in Jackson County, and 2) The Rice family’s plantation home has been
nicely preserved as an historic site for the public to enjoy . . . the
Rice-Tremonti Home, 66th Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard, in
Raytown. The pioneer family’s cemetery, recently re-discovered in someone’s back yard, is just another reason to applaud continuing efforts to make this historic site available to the public. Drive by for starters. Websites offering more information: Un-credited
source material about Rice family and slaves in Jackson County, Missouri Rice Tremonti Home
mention on Cave Spring site Acquisition of
Home by Missouri Department of Natural Resources Raytown,
Missouri, History by the Show Me Missouri Project Missouri
Department of Transportation Enhancements Report National Park
Service Auto Tour Route Rhodes Family History
Site (Descendants of Archibald Rice) Archibald
Rice in Stock Photography Rice
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