If you need a record of your membership payment or donations to the Linden Heritage Foundation, login to NeonCRM (our constituent management system) at https://lindenheritage.z2systems.com and use the pulldown menu in the upper right corner to choose either “My Donation” or “My Membership” to display a complete record of your transactions. Choose “Logout” from the same menu when finished.
If you do not know your Login Name and Password, you can recover the information by clicking on the “Send Recovery Email” link. Please use the recovery option rather than creating a new account.
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December 31, 2016 brings an end to your first year of membership in the Linden Heritage Foundation if you joined in 2015. Charter Members can renew either as a Sustaining Member ($100) or as an Individual Member ($35).
A Sustaining Member page has been added to our website to properly acknowledge members who support the work of the Foundation at the $100 level.
The important work of the Linden Heritage Foundation is made possible by the generous support of people like you, people committed to preserving and celebrating the places and stories that make Linden distinctive and unique. Please act now to either renew online with your credit card or by mail with a check.
To Renew Online:
Go to https://lindenheritage.z2systems.com and login to your Foundation account. If you have do not know your Login Name and Password, you can recover the information by clicking on the “Send Recovery Email” link. Please use the recovery option rather than creating a new account.
To Renew by Check:
Options for both new and renewal membership are listed on our website at http://lindenheritage.org/membership. Choose your preferred membership category and mail a check to the address below. Be sure to include your name, address, telephone number, and email address. A receipt will be mailed to you.
Linden Heritage Foundation
PO Box 507
Linden, TX 75563-507
If you have questions, please send an email to ContacUs@LindenHeritage.org
Thank you all for your continued support of Linden and the Linden Heritage Foundation!
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The Second Annual Meeting of the Membership of the Linden Heritage Foundation will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2017, in the Courtroom of the Historic Cass County Courthouse (100 E Houston St in Linden) starting at 2 pm.
The Agenda for the meeting includes:
Welcome
Introduction of Nominating Committee Members
Nominating Committee submits Slate of Directors for election
Explanation of voting process, tabulate vote, and announcement of results
Review of Foundation”s Financial Statement
Review of current and future activities
Questions and Comments
Refreshments and Visitation
A special presentation by Gary Pinkerton will held from 3:00 to 4:30 pm about his new book, Trammel’s Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North. It will offer a glimpse at Trammel’s Trace as a ‘smuggler’s back alley’ into Northeast Texas. The path of Trammel’s’ Trace across Cass County is documented, both in the original headright surveys and with the support of fellow “rut nuts” who have a significant amount of reconnaissance on the ground with landowners. It entered Cass County at Epperson’s Ferry on the Sulphur River and exited the County just West of Avinger, TX. More information about the book and this historic road is available at trammelstrace.org.
Debra Drescher, State Coordinator of the Texas State Main Street Program, will visit Linden Thursday to assist the City in its effort to get Linden’s new Main Street Program off to a solid start. Accompanying Ms. Drescher will be Sarah Marshall, small business specialist in the Texas Main Street Program.
The public meeting is sponsored by the City of Linden and will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 1 at the Linden Senior Citizen Center.
Ms. Drescher will deliver a PowerPoint presentation on procedures and resources of program participation. The Texas Historical Commission recently named Linden a 2017 Main Street City (one of only two). We join 88 other Main Street cities across the State in the nationally acclaimed program designed to promote downtown revitalization through improved organization, architectural design services, and focused retail promotion.
Headstone of military veteran Willie Pruitt located in Old Macedonia Cemetery.
On Saturday, November 5, over 25 volunteers assisted in the inaugural clean-up of the Old Macedonia Cemetery, located just West of the Linden Cemetery. Volunteers came from as far away as Baton Rouge, LA and Birmingham, AL. Over 20 burial locations were identified. The earliest being 1899 and the last known to be in 1947. The volunteers cut vegetation and years of overgrown vines to clear the burial grave sites. Many unmarked graves were marked. A walking path was cut from the North end of the cemetery, West of the chain link fence, to ease access to the site.
Headstones uncovered by Darrel Barrett, Sam Higdon, and James Penny (left to right) and other members of the volunteer crew at Old Macedonia Cemetery.
It is estimated that there are roughly 50,000 cemeteries in Texas. These range from single, isolated and often unmarked graves to expansive cemeteries spanning hundreds of acres and reaching up to hundreds-of-thousands of burials. Many of these cemeteries, like the Old Macedonia Cemetery, are endangered due to lack of historic context and knowledge of their presence or exact location.
For the success of the Cemetery Clean-Up Day, the Foundation owes a special debt of gratitude to:
The Cass County Probation team (more than 15 workers and essential equipment), led by Joby McDaniels.
Sam Higdon, Linden Heritage Foundation President, for bringing his power equipment and engaging in the more difficult tasks of the day.
James Penny, Linden Cemetery President, for bringing his tractor and bush hog, for the heavier work.
Thomas Northcutt, Sr., Deacon, Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church.
Larry Love, Albert Brown, Gary Webster, and Darrell Barrett, members and former members of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church; also members of Linden-Kildare Class of 1973.
Jana Clinkscales Bounds and Sandra Westbrook Scoogs for bringing donuts and water.
Jo Anna Duncan, Front Porch Treasure Studios, for photos.
Sue Morris Lazara, Kay Temple Stephens, and Joe B. Lovelace for their vision and encouragement.
The Linden Heritage Foundation announced efforts to identify, locate, protect, and preserve the Old Macedonia Cemetery will continue with the next Clean-Up Day scheduled for Saturday, February 18, 2017 from 8 am to 1 pm. Those wishing to assist please contact Darrell Barrett @ professorbarrett@msn.com or Sam Higdon @ sam.higdon@lindenheritage.org
The Foundation thanks Mason Darrell Barrett for preparing the description of the work at the Cemetery and Jo Anna Duncan for providing the photographs. Both Mason and Jo Anna are Charter Members of the Linden Heritage Foundation.
