Capps Family Cemetery, USAF Academy Grounds, El Paso County, Colorado

Donated to the Colorado Archives by the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society.  
March 19, 1999; updated July 11, 2006

Questions may be directed to: Cemetery Project, Pikes Peak GS, 
P.O. Box 1262, Colorado Springs, CO 80901

Directions: Capps Cemetery is located north of Colorado Springs, CO., on the
United States Air Force Academy grounds. Leaving I-25 at exit 150, turn west
on Academy Boulevard, go through the south entrance gate of the USAF Academy,
follow the road for 2.9 miles, turn west on Community Center Drive for 1 mile,
turn right on Capps Drive for 0.2 mile. Stay in the left-hand lane, go behind
the buildings on the west side, then turn left on the dirt road for
approximately 0.2 mile. Note: because of security changes after 9/11, 
access to the cemetery may be restricted. Contact the Air Force Academy for 
more information.

The markers, which were corrected by the AFA in 2004 upon the presentation by
the family of new evidence regarding who is buried here, read:

CAPPS GEORGE
1885-1885 

CAPPS BERTIE
1881-1884 

CAPPS LEONARD
1815-1899 

CAPPS MARY ANN
1819-1890 

CAPPS CLARENCE
1887-1890

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