PHASE 2 –– SEARCHING FOR GRAVESITES USING HISTORIC PHOTOS
Even though these and all of the other cemetery stones are gone, we are fortunate to have a few photos. Below is the grave of Mary Webster, enclosed by a wooden fence. It’s not known (at this time) who is buried in the adjoining fenced-in plot. Photo, below, courtesy Carnegie Branch Library for Local History, Boulder, Colorado
Several fences were made of wood, but only one fence –– made of iron –– has survived. That’s the one that surrounds the grave of Margaret Perkins, buried in 1879. Even though her stone (a distinctive Celtic cross) is gone, the fence makes a good reference point for other gravesites in the cemetery. Below is the Perkins fence as it looked in 2019. Photo courtesy Silvia Pettem
Each of the stones, below, has a unique shape and design, but only the bases survive to mark the graves. In the summer of 2024, we will add markers to the identified grave sites. All photos courtesy Carnegie Branch Library for Local History, Boulder, Colorado
Click on “VIDEO,” below, for 45-minute presention by Silvia Pettem at the Nederland Library, April 14, 2024.
Top: Mary Webster, Margaret Perkins, and three children in the Richards’ family (Anna, Alice, and Willie). Bottom:, Jas. T. Williams, Albert W. Lunsford, and Frances Ann Pugh.
DETERMINING LOCATIONS
Using the Perkins' stone and fence for reference ––
The grave for Margaret Perkins was, and still is, enclosed by an iron fence –– the only remaining fence within the cemetery. By using her fence as a reference, we are attempting to identify the locations of some of the other graves.
The photo on the right is dated 1967 and shows several stones in relation to the fenced-in Perkins’ stone.
The larger stone on the right is that of Sarah Collins. The small stone just to the right and behind the Perkins’ fence likely marks the grave of Albert Lunsford.
Below are additional photos –– looking east and also looking west. All photos courtesy Carnegie Branch Library for Local History, Boulder, Colorado
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