Thanks to Isaiah Fawson’s Eagle Scout project, researchers of loved ones can find the exact location of any of the 6,200-plus headstones in Iola’s Highland Cemetery.
Fawson, 17, a junior at Iola High School, was awarded his Eagle Scout rank during a ceremony Jan. 13.
It took nine months to complete the service project — photographing and uploading photos of most of the cemetery’s headstones.
From November 2014 until July 2015, Fawson coordinated the effort, first to photograph each of the headstones, then to upload the photos onto the…
Eagle Scout project highlights Highland
