TYLER — Unearthed after more than 130 years from its resting place 6 feet beneath the surface, a baby’s headstone found at the city parking garage construction in downtown Tyler this week led officials to a neighborhood history lesson.
Self-proclaimed history buff and relic hunter Rick Garrett said the discovery by Rodney Kinard, foreman with L&L Asphalt Corp., was amazing.
Kinard was digging a week ago with a track hoe on the site of the new parking garage at Elm Street and Broadway Avenue and called Garrett to tell him he found something he needed to see.