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Crews to begin search for graves at forgotten Black cemetery in Clearwater
By FOX 13 News staff
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Dan Matics reports
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Archaeologists will begin ground-truthing the site of another forgotten Black cemetery in the Bay Area to determine whether any graves are still there.
Decades ago, the Saint Matthew’s Baptist Church Cemetery was located near South Missouri Avenue. Now, the site is the company headquarters of Frank Crum. Clearwater city officials said crews will conduct test excavations in two specific areas along South Missouri Avenue on Monday.
Last year, archaeologists used radar to survey the area and identified around 70 potential graves at the site, three to five feet under the ground, arranged in east-west rows. The Frank Crum staffing company allowed the radar sweeps.