Eighth generation Texan Emily Olson has ardent interest in La Plata Cemetery

HISTORY IN PIECES--Tombstones at the old La Plata Cemetery dating to the 1890s have borne the ravages of time and neglect and broken apart in the mostly-neglected landmark of the one-time county seat. (Photo Courtesy of Deaf Smith County Museum.
HISTORY IN PIECES--Tombstones at the old La Plata Cemetery dating to the 1890s have borne the ravages of time and neglect and broken apart in the mostly-neglected landmark of the one-time county seat. (Photo Courtesy of Deaf Smith County Museum.

Editor’s Note: This is part two of a series on the historic old La Plata Cemetery in central Deaf Smith County and how data center development could impact it.

While she might not be a native, having grown up in Pampa, Emily Olson has developed a keen sense of local history in her 20 years of living in Hereford.

That sense is piqued by data center development activities in the vicinity of old LaPlat…