{"id":1328,"slug":"maple-hill-cemetery-helena-arkansas","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Maple Hill is the shelled — the 'Graveyard Hill' that's the battle destroyed, the 'remains moved' that's the '65 start. The 'Cleburne lies' is the draw — the 'Stonewall of West' that's the general's fame, the 'Franklin fell' that's the '64 death. The '102 moved' is the gathered — the '73 known' that's the names kept, the '29 unnamed' that's the lost counted.","The 'Union gone' is the split — the 'Memphis moved' that's the North's dead, the 'no Union here' that's the section's truth. The 'seven generals' is the gave — the 'Helena's sons' that's the town's count, the 'Hindman Tappan' that's the two stayed. Maple Hill is the ridge — the 'Crowley's overlook' that's the high ground, the '1827 stone' that's the oldest kept.","The file keeps Maple Hill: the shelled cemetery, the Cleburne grave, the split dead, and the ridge's view.","Maple Hill is the archive's Arkansas file — where one side's dead were moved away."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Maple Hill Cemetery is the archive's Arkansas file — the ridge where Cleburne rests and Union dead were removed.","A cemetery keeps its split — the file's suggestion being that Maple Hill's hold is the divided: the 'Confederate acre' that's the section kept, the 'Cleburne reinterred' that's the fame drawn, and the 'Union removed' that's the war's line."]}],"name":"Maple Hill Cemetery","aliases":[],"type":"CEMETERY","type_label":"Cemetery","cats":["LOCAL_LEGEND","HAUNTED_CEMETERY"],"groups":["cemeteries","legends"],"desc":"Cemetery in Helena; research record.","full_desc":"Maple Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Helena, Arkansas. Cemetery in Helena; research record. HauntHunt files it with haunted cemeteries. Ask the file who haunts it and it answers: Pedro. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. Access details are unverified — research before visiting.","address":null,"city":"Helena","county":null,"state":"Arkansas","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":34.531363,"lon":-90.620098,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery pass. Precise location, historical chronology and current visitor conditions require independent enrichment. Confidence concerns provenance only.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":58.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":588,"type":"PHANTOM_ANIMAL","description":"The university collection recounts phantom howling attributed to Pedro, Dr. Moore’s dog. Cemeteries keep their stories in the stones; Maple Hill Cemetery in Helena, Arkansas has its version filed among them. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The report is preserved in sources like 'Arkansas Legends and Lore Appendix'. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Pedro","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.65,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Arkansas Legends and Lore Appendix","url":"https://uark.pressbooks.pub/afta/back-matter/legendappendix/","publisher":"University of Arkansas Libraries","type":"ACADEMIC","authority":1},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The collection dates the cemetery’s establishment to 1865. The burial ground's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'Arkansas Legends and Lore Appendix'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Arkansas Legends and Lore Appendix","url":"https://uark.pressbooks.pub/afta/back-matter/legendappendix/","publisher":"University of Arkansas Libraries","type":"ACADEMIC","authority":1}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The university collection recounts phantom howling attributed to Pedro, Dr. Moore’s dog. The burial ground at Helena is exactly the setting the account needs — old graves, older grief, and a story that won't settle. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. 'Arkansas Legends and Lore Appendix' carries the account. It's the version the place will be remembered by, whether or not it's the true one.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Arkansas Legends and Lore Appendix","url":"https://uark.pressbooks.pub/afta/back-matter/legendappendix/","publisher":"University of Arkansas Libraries","type":"ACADEMIC","authority":1}}],"entities":[{"name":"Pedro","claimed_identity":"Pedro","verified":null,"summary":"The university collection recounts phantom howling attributed to Pedro, Dr. Moore’s dog. The burial ground at Helena is exactly the setting the account needs — old graves, older grief, and a story that won't settle. 'Arkansas Legends and Lore Appendix' carries the account. The file keeps Pedro on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive.","behavior":"The university collection recounts phantom howling attributed to Pedro, Dr. Moore’s dog.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Arkansas Legends and Lore Appendix","url":"https://uark.pressbooks.pub/afta/back-matter/legendappendix/","publisher":"University of Arkansas Libraries","type":"ACADEMIC","authority":1}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Arkansas Legends and Lore Appendix","url":"https://uark.pressbooks.pub/afta/back-matter/legendappendix/","publisher":"University of Arkansas Libraries","type":"ACADEMIC","authority":1}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}