SEE ANYWHERE ELSE. 
>> Reporter:  THAT TEEN IS 
PRETTY INCREDIBLE. 
HE WANTS PEOPLE TO VISIT 
COLLEGE PARK CEMETERY HERE, AND 
REALLY TAKE IN ALL OF THE 
HISTORY THAT IT HAS TO OFFER. 
HE KNOWS IT'S A BIG TASK, BUT 
ALREADY HE HAS RAISED SEVERAL 
THOUSAND DOLLARS ON HIS 
GOFUNDME PAGE, WHICH WE'LL HAVE 
UP ON ABC13.COM. 
AND HE HAS RECEIVED HELP FROM 
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
NEAR DOWNTOWN ON WEST DALLAS 
SIT AS HISTORIC BLACK CEMETERY 
FULL OF RICH HISTORY FROM THE 
LATE 1800s. 
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE 
JACK YATES FAMILY. 
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, HEADSTONES 
ARE MISSING, BROKEN, OR HALF 
WAY BURIED UNDER THE GROUND, 
INCLUDING THIS ONE OF A WORLD 
WAR I VETERAN. 
IT WAS THE PERFECT SPECIAL 
PLACE CONNER ROB EFFORTS WAS 
LOOKING FOR. 
HE DECIDED TO START A GO THEN 
IN ORDER TO RESTORE. 
>> OF THE MARKED GRAVESTONES, 
AND EVEN ADD A FEW OF THE 
GROUND STONE HEADSTONES AS PART 
OF HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT. 
>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF 
HELP. 
I'M THINKING, LIKE, 30 PEOPLE. 
>> Reporter:  HIS GOAL IS 
10,000, BUT SAID HE 0 ONLY 
NEEDS 5,000 TO FIX THE HEAD 
STONES. 
THE REST WILL GO TO THE 
CEMETERY'S NONPROFIT 
ORGANIZATION. 
>> WE'RE PLEASED TO WELCOME 
EAGLE SCOUT PROJECTS. 
>> Reporter:  MARK McKIN SON 
WAS EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE 
PLAN. 
HE SAID IT HAS TAKEN MANY 
VOLUNTEER HOURS AND HARD WORK 
TO GET THIS CEMETERY TO WHERE 
IT IS NOW. 
>> BECAUSE OF CONNER'S EFFORT, 
ANOTHER STORY IS SHARED, AND 
SOMEONE IS INSPIRED TO COME 
HERE AND SAY I HAVE SOMEBODY 
HERE, CAN YOU HELP ME FIND 
THEM? 
>> Reporter:  AND THAT'S 
CONNOR'S HOPE. 
HE WANTS PEOPLE TO DIG UP THEIR 
HISTORY, AND FIND IF THEY HAVE 
ANY ANCESTORS BURIED HERE. 
HE WOULD LIKE THEM TO VISIT A 
BEAUTIFUL SITE AND PLACE
