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Scattered Bones: Uncovering Long-lost Defiance Gravesites

In addition to those highlighted on our Self-guided Riverside Cemetery Walk, two other burial grounds have been unearthed in Defiance, both by accident! On March 26, 1910, the Defiance Democrat reported that while digging to build a new home on Front Street (now Fort Street) a burial ground was discovered.

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Riverside Chapel at Riverside Cemetery