HASKINS — The Salem Church of God will maintain a service this weekend at Graveyard Level, the one nationally acknowledged historic website in Washington County.
The personal property alongside the Iowa River is a steep hill with a number of burial websites, and, in line with some, is the one religious website of its sort acknowledged by three distinct civilizations, spanning about 3,000 years of historical past. It’s often inaccessible to the general public.
“It is supposedly, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, the only spot on Earth where three totally different cultures picked the exact same spot for burial,” mentioned Washington County Historian Mike Zahs. “That would be the mound-building Indians two to three thousand years ago, historic Indians 500-600 years ago, and a little more recent than that, whites almost 200 years ago.”
Contributors will meet on the Salem Church of God on Yucca Avenue at 9 a.m. Might 5, and caravan over to the worship website, which may very well be onerous to seek out in any other case. Zahs mentioned the church would shuttle individuals to the highest of the hill as wanted.
The worship service will embrace reside music from the Nice Blue Grass Herons, and have a historic speak by Zahs, in regards to the location.
Organizers have inspired members to convey garden chairs.
“There’s no pews up there,” Zahs warned.
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“Well bless their hearts.”
