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[Myssfitz]

EMAIL: To webmaster at Ash Grove Park

[kt]

I also e-mailed the webmaster at Ash Grove Park. Here is the e-mail I sent

[Myssfitz]

Seems to be a dead end until "the book" is published.

[asmyth]

Pop up!

[Myssfitz]

Our mysterious webmaster is a he. Here is his reply to me.

Dear Miss Fitz,

You may call me Mr., as I am quite definitely of the male persuasion. I
apologize for the ambiguity, but I've learned to protect my online privacy as
much as possible. The name I use, Desire Hunter, is my nom de plume, if you
will. You see, I am somewhat of an aspiring writer, as well as an amateur
historian and cemetery afficianado. I am in fact writing a book about Ash Grove
Park cemetery.

I have indeed been made aware of the strange goings on with the AGP cemetery
website. These occurances happened whilst I was overseas, so they were quite
out of my control, unfortunately. You see, I have been in Europe for the past
month or so, researching some of the names and histories I have found at the
AGP cemetery. Upon my return, my inbox was filled with messages asking about an
apparent amusement park, along with questions about this Dale Sprague whom you
mentioned.

It is all rather odd. I had previously never heard of Dale Sprague until i
received these emails, including one from Mr. Sprague himself. Nor do I have
any knowledge about an Ash Grove Park carnival and have no idea why people
received e-mails from its "webmaster" whilst I was away. You see, the AGP
cemetery website has been in the works for a while and just recently moved from
one server to another. Perhaps there was a mix-up with the mail server or
perhaps it was hackers mucking about. I am in the process of inquiring with the
hosting company.

Therefore I'm afraid I have no information that can help you in this regard,
nor Mr. Sprague in his most unfortunate situation. My condolences go out to him
in his time of grief. Let me assure you, as I assured him, that Ash Grove Park
is nothing more than a country cemetery, from my observation. It has
fascinating historical value, but is not a carnival, despite Mr. Sprague's
recollection. I am at a loss to help explain any of this.

Indeed, I do consider Ash Grove Park a gateway to another world, but probably
not in the same way as you. It is here that humanity is ushered into eternity,
as it is with every other cemetery all over the world.

I hope this answers some of your questions. Sorry I can not be of more help.

Sincerely,

D.P. Hunter

[LazarusLong]

I posted the following request to the webmasterSPLATashgrovepark.com:

[Myssfitz]

[asmyth]

Odd to be hunting desires in a graveyard.

[kingohugs]

[asmyth]

I don't hunt for my desires in the graveyard. Too much effort to dig up the bodies if you know what I mean.

[Geist]

My email is bit like the others but perhaps this is some use to posting it.

Dear Mr. Geist,

Thank you very much for your offer of help with the Ash Grove Park
cemetery
site and its history, along with the kind words about the site
itself. However
at this time, despite being a little behind on catching up on some
things due
to a recent trip overseas, I think I have everything well in hand.

I am in the midst of writing a book about the cemetery's history, so
I can not
share too many of my findings at this time. Once this book is
published
however, I will be happy to discuss anything in it. As far as sneak
peeks go,
I'm afraid you'll have to wait to read the book!

However, you will perhaps be interested to know that I will be
posting the Ash
Grove Park interment list and map soon. I hope these items will prove
useful.

Sincerely,

D.P. Hunter

P.S. Have you considered becoming a writer about this subject
yourself? With a
name like Geist, it would be very apropos

[Myssfitz]

Here is another email I sent to Mr. Hunter.

Hello again Mr. Hunter,

I just wanted to know if there is another phone number where you can be reached. It seems the (201) number is not working. It is also an area code for Hackensack, NJ which is quite a ways away.

Also, I did not know that a cemetery could be in a state park/forest. It seems to be located in Lebanon State Forest. Or is there another Upper Mill Road in Burlington County New Jersey with the zip code of 08088?

Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks again.

Ursulla

See map below of Upper Mill Road, which is right at Early's Crossing.

[kt]

Following the last e-mail from D.P. hunter, I replied:

[enaxor]

emails to webmaster@ashgrovepark