Join us at Palisado Cemetery in Windsor, CT on Friday August 16th, 2024!
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Palisado Cemetery
Pierson Ln. and Palisado Ave. Windsor, CT 06095
8/16/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Windsor Historical Society
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Windsor’s Palisado Cemetery is conveniently located across the street from Windsor Historical Society, at 69 Palisado Ave., next to First Church in Windsor. The cemetery is owned and maintained by the First School Society, which also manages Windsor’s Riverside Cemetery.

The oldest cemetery in Windsor, it also is home to Connecticut’s oldest surviving gravestone, that of Rev. Ephraim Huit, who died in 1644. Unfortunately, most people who died in the 17th century and the early-18th century do not have extant graves. Today, only 21 17th-century graves still stand and are legible.”

*info above is provided by Windsor Historical Society and images below are provided by our local event co-host Jane Louis with Palisado Cemetery*

Join us at Island Cemetery in Newport, RI on Thursday August 15th, 2024!
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Island Cemetery
30 Warner St. Newport, RI 02840
8/15/2024 9am-3pm

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Island Cemetery
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“The cemetery is home to several architecturally significant buildings, the office building, the receiving vault and the Belmont Chapel. Work on the cemetery office on Warner Street, designed by Herbert Wilson began in 1902.  The one-and-a-half story brick structure (see photo) with a broad arched entrance and a central clock tower was finally opened in 1921 after a redesign to eliminate cracks in the clock tower. 

Another important building was a receiving vault (see photo below) built to temporarily store bodies in winter months when the ground is too frozen to dig a permanent grave. It was designed by Edwin Wilbar in 1894 in a temple form. It fell into disrepair and was finally demolished in 1985.

The August Belmont Memorial Chapel was commissioned by August Belmont in 1886 and deeded to the Island Cemetery for public use in 1888.”

*info above is provided by Island Cemetery History and images below are provided by our local event co-hosts with Island Cemetery*

Parking is on the grass field of Oval Playground located at 92 Centennial Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930. As you approach the playground, please drive slowly through the family neighborhood of Harvard Street and Morton Place.

Join us at First Parish Burial Ground in Gloucester, MA on Wednesday August 14th, 2024!
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First Parish Burial Ground
122 Centennial Ave. Gloucester, MA 01930
8/14/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Gloucester MA
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“First Parish Burial Ground (1644) is the earliest established public Gloucester cemetery in need of restoration and displaying red sandstone, slate, marble, granite and unmarked granite field stone gravestones plus above and below ground tombs. This cemetery is not wheelchair accessible, and the ground is uneven with sloping elevations.

One below ground tomb in very good shape has been uncovered and opened. This cemetery is the resting place for Gloucester's earliest settlers and founding families: sea captains, war veterans, merchants, widows, and children.

Parking is on the grass field of Oval Playground located at 92 Centennial Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930. As you approach the playground, please drive slowly through the family neighborhood of Harvard Street and Morton Place.

Wear old clothes & sturdy shoes, bring a hat, work/gardening gloves, safety glasses, lunch, and water. Water and cookies will be available.  More details on this one-day free hands-on restoration event can be found at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-gloucester-cemetery-restoration-hands-on-event-tickets-952821393437

Located on Cape Ann, Gloucester celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2023. The city is part of the Essex National Heritage Area and Coastal Scenic Byway. As a visitor you will enjoy a lovely and lively seaport with recreational, culinary, and historic opportunities.

I can promise 48 State Tour ample local publicity in newspapers and other media outlets if they choose First Parish Burial Ground as a 2024 restoration site.”

*info above and images below are provided by our local event co-host with the Gloucester MA Cemetery Advisory Committee, Christine Maney*

Join us at Copp Cemetery in Gilmanton, NH on Tuesday August 13th, 2024!
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Copp Cemetery
Across from 372 Province Rd. Gilmanton, NH 03237
8/13/2024 9am-3pm

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Gilmanton NH History
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Copp Cemetery is probably our most historic cemetery and has the first documented burial in 1776.

Mary Butler, who married Lt. Ebenezer Eastman, gained fame when she took her son and rode from Gilmanton to Cambridge, MA to learn the fate of her husband after the Battle of Bunker Hill.  Both and their family are buried here.  There were some stones stolen from the cemetery and eventually made their way to Sturbridge Village and they were recovered and returned to our town.”

*info above, images, and articles below are provided by our local event co-host and direct point of contact with the Town of Gilmanton, Vincent Baiocchetti*

Join us at Pine Grove Cemetery in Canton, ME on Monday August 12th, 2024!
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Pine Grove Cemetery
179 Pleasant St. Canton, ME 04221
8/12/2024 9am-3pm

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Town of Canton Maine Facebook
You know you are from Canton, Maine if… Facebook
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“The Town of Canton, Maine celebrated their Bicentennial in 2021. In recognition of our forefathers in 2019 four ladies started cleaning the stones of the movers and shakers of the day. We hired a company to repair stones in 2019 and 2020. They taught us many of the techniques but as there are now only three of us involved and Canton has 14 cemeteries. Although we have cleaned over 600 stones and repaired numerous others, we simply can’t keep up. This cemetery is located on an extremely busy road with high visibility; it also has a large number of Civil War veterans buried there.”

*info above is provided by our local event co-host direct point of contact with the Canton ME Cemetery Committee, Carole Robbins*

Join us at Maple Hill Cemetery in Dorset, VT on Saturday August 10th, 2024!
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Maple Hill Cemetery
20 Maple Hill Ln. Dorset, VT, 05251
8/10/2024 9am-3pm

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Maple Hill Cemetery
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Maple Hill Cemetery was established as a graveyard adjoining the first church in Dorset, a log church dubbed "the Lord's Barn" built about 1773. The oldest headstone is dated September 9, 1772. The church building was moved to Church Street in 1797 but the cemetery stayed where it was. Maple Hill Cemetery was expanded in 1865 and again in 1919 to its present 6.6 acres, and is now almost fully utilized but for a new 1.1 acre "Southern Annex" that was obtained in 1984 and is currently being integrated with the rest of the site, all about one half mile south of Dorset village along Route 30.”

*info above is provided by dorsetvthistory.org and images below are provided by our local event co-host and Sexton of Maple Hill Cemetery, Andy Longacre*

Join us at Church of St. Andrew Cemetery in Staten Island, NY on Thursday August 8th, 2024!
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Church of St. Andrew Cemetery
40 Old Mill Rd. Staten Island, NY, 10306
8/8/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
The Church of St. Andrew
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“The Church of St. Andrew is a Revolutionary War era congregation with a cemetery over 300 years old. It combines a classic New England colonial cemetery with the added history of being one of NYC’s 5 boroughs. It is easily accessible from Brooklyn and New Jersey, has ample parking, and a great group of locals that are eager to continue some well-directed work on their monuments”

*info above and images below are provided by our event co-host and direct point of contact, Neela Wickremesinghe, with Green-Wood Cemetery*

Join us at Wildwood Cemetery in Williamsport, PA on Wednesday August 7th, 2024!
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Wildwood Cemetery
1151 Cemetery Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
8/7/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Wildwood Cemetery Co.
Wildwood Cemetery and Crematorium Facebook
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Our cemetery has been in existence since 1863. We have Itaro Kono, founder of the first dojo in America and one of P. T. Barnum's acts in the travelling circus; Peter Herdic, the inventor of the taxi cab and one of the richest lumbermen from the time when Williamsport had THE MOST millionaires per capita in THE ENTIRE WORLD! Almost all of these rich lumbermen are buried here. We have the founder of Lycoming County (William Hepburn), the founder of the oldest band in America (Daniel Repasz), and many more.

With over 55,000 burials and 20 miles of road, we have so much history and so many stones in need of repair. Learning how to do this for our community will allow family members to repair their stones, and for us to begin stone repairs in our cemetery. It will also allow our group of avid FindAGrave users fix stones in many of the local cemeteries they work with as well. Please consider us. We would be honored.“

*info above and images below are provided by General Manager and AGM of Wildwood Cemetery Co., Caleb Hipple*

Join us at Boxwood Cemetery in Medina, NY on Tuesday August 6th, 2024!
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Boxwood Cemetery
3735 North Gravel Rd. Medina, NY 14103
8/6/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Friends of Boxwood Cemetery Facebook
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Boxwood Cemetery, founded in 1850, is conveniently located just twenty minutes north of the New York State Thruway (Route 90). It is located between the population centers of Buffalo and Rochester. Medina is a beautiful village on the Erie Canal that has a proud history and a bright future. It is not only a day trip destination for Western New Yorkers, it is also becoming a place for weekend get-aways. There are plenty of restaurants, shops, historical sites and museums, and outdoor recreational activities as well as overnight accommodations for anyone coming from out-of-town.

The cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a representative example of the three major cemetery movements – rural, lawn park, and memorial park. The Friends of Boxwood Cemetery was created a couple of years ago with the mission of “Promoting and conserving Boxwood Cemetery to honor past generations for future generations.”

Since its inception, the Friends of Boxwood Cemetery has worked hard to begin the restoration process. This has been done through promoting the cemetery with a book about its history and occupants, events such as Plants in the Cemetery, Headstone Cleaning seminars (using Atlas products), Boxwood at Night, and walking tours. All of these have helped raise awareness of the needs of the cemetery. The funds raised have helped us to reset some of the headstones and also pay for the restoration of the stained-glass window in the chapel.

We have partnered with the local historical society, businesses, and the school district to bring the history of the cemetery to life and to clean up the cemetery. The cemetery is not only a resting place for the departed, it is a place that many people go to exercise, learn, and reflect.”

*info above and images below are provided by our local event co-host Todd Bensley with the Friends of Boxwood Cemetery*

Check out the latest news article about Brookmere Cemetery and the upcoming workshop!

Join us at Brookmere Cemetery in Cleveland, OH on Monday August 5th, 2024!
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Brookmere Cemetery
3645 Broadview Rd. Cleveland, OH 44109
8/5/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Brookmere Cemetery Preservation Coalition Facebook
Brookmere Cemetery Instagram
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Much of the land in South Brooklyn was owned by a man named Warren Young (1787-1832). When the area began to be settled, he donated a portion of his land for the civic purpose of a cemetery. He himself is buried in Brookmere and his monument states that he is the donor of the cemetery. The first person buried in Brookmere was a child named Bertha Albers. The cemetery records list her as the first burial and then Carl and Sylvia Albers as the next two... no dates are given but are prior to 1832. The first burial that was officially recorded was 1843. There are approximately 3,551 burials in Brookmere.

Brookmere Cemetery has two noteworthy features. The first is the presence of epitaphs in the German language indicating the nationality of many of the early settlers in this area. The second is the great number of early family names which are outstanding because many of them are current street names.

Many of the monuments in this cemetery showcase the fine art of the stonecutters of that period. The antique forms are showcased in the cloak-covered urn, the scroll, the joined hands (symbolic of the union of God and man), and the hand pointing to a star (symbolic of the hand of God pointing us toward heaven). Visitors are often drawn to the Selover plot which is surrounded by a wrought iron fence decorated with chain and bells. Legend has it that the bells fend off evil spirits. 

Brookmere has many veterans buried here from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Spanish-American War, the Civil War, WWI and WWII. They are honored yearly in an official ceremony located at the veteran's memorial in the cemetery.

There is much history in this cemetery and hence, many stories of the people who call Brookmere their final resting place. It is crucial that we maintain the cemetery and repair the headstones that have fallen into disrepair and honor their memories with dignity and respect.”

*info above and images below are provided by our local event co-host Linda Cameron*

Join us at Mountain Home Cemetery in Kalamazoo, MI on Saturday August 3rd, 2024!
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Mountain Home Cemetery
1402 West Main St. Kalamazoo, MI 49006
8/3/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
City of Kalamazoo - Mountain Home Cemetery
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Mountain Home Cemetery was founded in 1849 as a private cemetery and was deeded to the City in 1940. It is located on a glacial moraine and is the final resting place of many of the early pioneers and founders of the city. It was damaged by a tornado in 1980 and is in significant need of restoration.”

*info above and images below are provided by our local event co-host, Gary Swain, with the Friends of Kalamazoo Historic Cemeteries*

Join us at Irons Cemetery in Plainfield, IN on Friday August 2nd, 2024!
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Irons Cemetery
Pull off at intersection of Miles Road and US Highway 40. Plainfield, IN 46168
8/2/2024 9am-3pm

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Find A Grave
Casey Winningham
Save Irons Cemetery Facebook
48StateTour Facebook Event

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*images below are provided by our local event co-host and live stone carving demonstrator Casey Winningham*

Join us at Pioneer Cemetery in Bowling Green, KY on Thursday August 1st, 2024!
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Pioneer Cemetery
501 College St, Bowling Green, KY 42101
8/1/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
City of Bowling Green - Pioneer Cemetery
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“The Pioneer Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in South Central Kentucky and the first public burial ground in Warren County. Notable burials include historic military officials and Reverend Joseph Lapsley, a friend of President Thomas Jefferson's and founder the the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green in 1819. Pioneer is the original location of the church. Kinlock is one of the oldest private estates in Warren County. The house was originally built by a Revolutionary War soldier circa 1814, modified by Rumsey Skiles in 1842. The grave cover on site is one of the oldest private cemeteries in South Central Kentucky, but it is in need of significant repair.”

*info above is provided by our local event co-host, Nick Rabold, with the Landmark Association and Trust Historical Society*

Join us at Oak Hill Cemetery in Mt. Carroll, IL on Tuesday July 30th, 2024!
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Oak Hill Cemetery
West State St. Mt. Carroll, IL 61053
7/30/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
48StateTour Facebook Event

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Join us at Oak Hill Cemetery in Neenah, WI on Monday July 29th, 2024!
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Oakridge Rd. Neenah, WI 54956
7/29/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Oak Hill Cemetery - City of Neenah
Neenah Historical Society
48StateTour Facebook Event

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*images below are provided by our local event co-host, Michelle, the Board Chair of the Neenah Historical Society*

Join us at Fairview Cemetery in Stillwater, MN on Saturday July 27th, 2024!
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Fairview Cemetery
6373 North Osgood Ave. Stillwater, MN 55082
7/27/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
1929 Fairview Cemetery Rule Book
Washington County Historical Society
City of Stillwater - MN Heritage Preservation Commission
City of Stillwater Facebook
48StateTour Facebook Event

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*The images below are provided by our local event-cohost Fitzie Heimdahl*

*The images below on the History of Fairview Cemetery are provided by the County Historical Society Director*

Join us at Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion, IA on Thursday July 25th, 2024!
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Oak Shade Cemetery
789 2nd Ave. Marion, IA 52302
7/25/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Oak Shade Cemetery
Friends of Oak Shade Cemetery
48StateTour Facebook Event

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*The images below are provided by our local event co-host, Jay Kacena, with the Friends of Oak Shade Cemetery*

Join us at Mount Mora Cemetery in St. Joseph, MO on Wednesday July 24th, 2024!
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Mount Mora Cemetery
824 Mount Mora Rd. St. Joseph, MO 64501
7/24/2024 9am-3pm

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Mount Mora Cemetery
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“A little background on St. Joseph… It's located 50 minutes north of Kansas City and sits along the Missouri River. Initially, the "town" was settled and founded by a fur trader, Joseph Robidoux. Shortly, thereafter it became a trading post and point of departure/river crossing for the California/Oregon Trail. Next, the Pony Express started here in 1860 and the outlaw Jesse James "ended" here in 1882. As you can see, there is an incredible amount of rich and well-preserved history in St. Joseph.

Mount Mora Cemetery is a historical site which was established in 1851, sits on twenty acres, and is the oldest cemetery in the city. Mount Mora is the final resting place for  three Missouri governors, a Pony Express riders, numerous Civil War veterans (both sides), many of the first and most prominent setters in Northwest Missouri, as well as countless common citizens. As you can imagine, there are numerous tablets, obelisks and over twenty mausoleums.”

*The info above and images below are provided by our local event co-host, Kurt Jordan, with the Mount Mora Preservation Team*

Join us at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, KS on Tuesday July 23rd, 2024!
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Oak Hill Cemetery
1605 Oak Hill Ave. Lawrence, KS 66044
7/23/2024 9am-3pm

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Oak Hill Cemetery
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“An early example of the "rural cemetery" movement, Oak Hill was founded in 1865 to re-inter victims of Quantrill's raid of August 21, 1863. The cemetery the victims were first buried in was far out of the city limits. Burials of note include James Lane, first US Senator from KS; John Speer, member of the territorial legislature and abolitionist newspaper editor; Lucy Hobbs Taylor, the first woman to graduate with a DDS in the US and the first woman dentist in KS; Charles and Mary Langston, civil rights activists and grandparents of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes; Dr. Charles L. Robinson, a founder of the city of Lawrence and KS governor from 1861-1863.”

*The info above and images below are provided by our local event co-host, Denise Pettengill with the Douglas County Historical Society*

Join us at Valley Cemetery in Valley, NE on Monday July 22nd, 2024!
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Valley Cemetery
9330 North 294th St. Valley, NE, 68064
7/22/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
City of Valley Cemetery Board
48StateTour Facebook Event

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*the images below are provided by our local event co-host, Krista Skidmore-Lewis*

Join us at Greenwood Cemetery in Brookings, SD on Saturday July 20th, 2024!
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Greenwood Cemetery
West 8th Street South. Brookings, SD 57006
7/20/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Greenwood Cemetery
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Knud and Anna Thompson deeded ten acres of land in 1882 to the Greenwood Cemetery Association for a cemetery site.  Located southwest of Brookings, SD in the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of Section 34 in Brookings Township.

Between 1882 and about 1970 several more acres of land, in about six different transactions, we acquired.  Now the present Greenwood Cemetery consists of about twenty acres.  It is well maintained by the Greenwood Cemetery Association.

Many of the earliest burials recorded were babies and children.  Family names of these early burials were Allison, Brink, Buehre, Cook, Culbertson, Devitt, Gaylord, Gatchell, Getty, Hughson, Hall, Jagerson, Lewis, Lloyd, Madden, Minier, McMurphy, Pierce, Walker and Wright.”

*The info above is provided by greenwood-brookingssd.org and images below are provided by our local event co-host Emerald Anderson with Eidsness Funeral Home*

Join us at Ottawa Lutheran Church Cemetery in Aneta, ND on Friday July 19th, 2024!
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Ottawa Lutheran Church
1309 114th Ave NE. Aneta, ND 58212
7/19/2024 9am-3pm

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Ottawa Lutheran Church Facebook
Aneta ELCA Congregations
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“The Church was founded in 1885 and the building was completed in 1903 by Norwegian immigrants. My great-grandfather Andreas Pederson Rusten was one of the original deacons. The first burials were in 1884. The church is 9 miles from Cooperstown and about the same from Aneta.

The Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site is located between the church and Cooperstown. There is a hotel and a few restaurants in Cooperstown. Cooperstown is also the home of the Griggs County Historical Society.”

*The info above and images below are provided by our local event co-host Sandi Bohle*

Join us at Benton Avenue Cemetery in Helena, MT on Wednesday July 17th, 2024!
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Benton Avenue Cemetery
North Benton Ave. Helena, MT 59601
7/17/2024 9am-3pm

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HistoricMontana.org
Benton Avenue Cemetery Association Facebook
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Scattered wooden markers, tall marble obelisks, and iron fences enclosing family plots memorialize the pioneers who rest in this early burial ground. Lewis and Clark County established the cemetery in 1870. In 1875, remains from the original mining camp cemetery on Warren Street were disinterred and moved to Benton Avenue; a few of these graves date to the 1860s. Benton Avenue then became Helena’s main nonsectarian, Protestant burial ground. Frequent interments continued through the 1890s. Among the prominent Helenans buried here are John Kinna, Helena’s first mayor; Lewis Reeder, the builder of Reeder’s Alley; and Edwin Toole, brother of the state’s first governor. Masons, a cornerstone of the state's foundation, are a strong presence in the northeast section.”

*The info above is provided by HistoricMontana.org and images below are provided by our local event co-host, Charlene, with The Foundation for Montana History*

Join us at Douglas Pioneer Cemetery in Douglas, WY on Monday July 15th, 2024!
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Douglas Pioneer Cemetery
Wyoming 59 Bypass. Douglas, WY 82633
7/15/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Pioneer Cemetery Book
City of Douglas
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“This cemetery, the first in Douglas, is located outside of town and is filled with our pioneer residents. Even though many of the graves were moved to the newer cemetery in later years, the remaining stones are unique and historic to our area. The property this cemetery is located on was originally part of the Fort Fetterman Military Reservation and less than 400 feet away are swales from the Oregon Trail (Child's Trail). It is in desperate need of some preservation and restoration and we would welcome the help.”

*info above is provided by our local event co-host Heidi with the City of Douglas*

Join us at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, CO on Saturday July 13th, 2024!
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Evergreen Cemetery
1005 Hancock Expy. Colorado Springs, CO 80903
7/13/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Heritage Facebook
The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery Podcast
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Evergreen Cemetery was established shortly after the town was founded in 1871, and deeded to the City of Colorado Springs in 1875 by city founder, General William Jackson Palmer. As such, 220-acre Evergreen Cemetery enjoys a unique historical tie to the Colorado Springs community. In 1993, Evergreen was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, only the second cemetery in the state to receive such an honor.”

*info above is taken from Evergreen Cemetery - Coloradosprings.gov and images below are provided by our local event co-host, Dianne Hartshorn with Evergreen Heritage*

Join us at Sunnyside Cemetery in Victor, CO on Friday July 12th, 2024!
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Sunnyside Cemetery
7th St. Cripple Creek, CO 80813
7/12/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Victor Lowell Thomas Museum
Victor Lowell Thomas Museum Facebook
Sunnyside Cemetery - City of Victor CO
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“The Sunnyside Cemetery is unique in that its residents are granted only the "surface ground." Mining rights take over the deeper ground, where one finds portions of the mining claims called the Hattie W. lode, the Cemetery lode, the Robert E. Lee lode, and the Anny B. lode, all now inactive gold mines. One wonders if the residents could indeed "rest in peace," with all the rumblings of mining that once came from below. Hundreds of graves are unmarked or are guarded by wooden markers from which all inscription has disappeared. The many fenced areas reserved for burials of fraternal society members speak to the community's strong social structure. The earliest recorded burial is that of 3-year-old Maggie Ferrans, who died April 26, 1891.

Sunnyside Cemetery is located west of Victor on County Road 87.  From Victor Avenue, turn west at Seventh Street on the southwest end of Victor. Drive about 0.9 mile down the dirt road to the entrance of the cemetery. This year’s tours focus on the Woodmen of the World.”

*info above & images below are provided by our local event co-host Ruth, with the VLT Museum*

“The Victor Lowell Thomas Museum is an original 1899 building that houses two floors of artifacts, books, exhibits and photographs depicting the life in Victor from its beginnings to the heyday of gold mining. See our diamond dust mirror, large collection of mining artifacts, themed-rooms, and old-fashioned doctor's office!  Celebrating 65 years in 2024!”

*info above is taken from the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum*

Join us at Scofield Cemetery in Scofield, UT on Wednesday July 10th, 2024!
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Scofield Cemetery
Cemetery Rd. Scofield, UT 84526
7/10/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
48StateTour Facebook Event

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*images below are provided by our local event co-host, Lorraine Behling, with the Town of Scofield*

Join us at Masonic Cemetery in Eureka, NV on Monday July 8th, 2024!
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Masonic Cemetery
Cemetery Hill Rd. Eureka, NV 89316
7/8/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
48StateTour Facebook Event

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Join us at Old Idaho Penitentiary Graveyard in Boise, ID on Saturday July 6th, 2024!
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Old Idaho Penitentiary Graveyard
2445 Old Penitentiary Rd. Boise, ID 83712
7/6/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Idaho State Historical Society
Cemetery Tours
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Built in 1870, the Old Idaho Penitentiary is one of only four territorial prisons open to the public today. During its 101 years of operation, the site saw escapes, scandals and the effects of Boise’s transition from the “wild west” to a mid-20th century capital city. Step inside the four walls of the prison yard and imagine a life of confinement as steel doors close behind you.”

*info above provided by Idaho State Historical Society and images below are provided by our local co-host Anthony with Idaho State Historical Society*

Join us at Roy Cemetery in Roy, WA on Wednesday July 3rd, 2024!
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Roy Cemetery
8211 288th Street South. Roy, WA 98580
7/3/2024 9am-3pm

Find A Grave
Roy Cemetery Facebook
48StateTour Facebook Event

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“Our goal is to preserve and restore the headstones under proper supervision and training. This group is run by volunteers. We welcome and encourage anyone interested in participating in our mission to preserve the historic site for centuries to come, to join and help us care for the past and prepare for the future.”

*info above is provided by our the Roy Cemetery Facebook page and Friends of Roy Cemetery*