Fremont County Cemeteries and Grave Sites, Colorado This listing was compiled by John and Carol Fox and is used with their permission. Updated 14 June 2000 by Mary Ann Thomas (* indicates a note follows the listing.) (T indicates a transcription is available in the Colorado USGenWeb Archives see: http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/fremont.htm) (P indicates that photos are available at the Colorado Tombstone Photo Project see: http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/costones.htm) CEMETERY NAME LOCATION Asher Gulch Hwy 9 at Asher Gulch * Badger Creek Unknown T/P Beaver Park (Penrose) Penrose *T/P Bowen Family Dozier and Van Loo, CC Bumback Gulch Parkdale *T/P Burnett Beaver Creek Road T Callen-Kelley Family Callen Ranch * Coal Creek (Abandoned) Coal Creek Coaldale Coaldale Copper Gulch Sunset City Cotopaxi Cotopaxi *T/P Eskilson Hwy 9 at Rd 11 Galena Galena *T Garden Park Cemetery Eldred *T/P Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery Canon City * Grisenti Ranch Unknowns Grisenti Ranch *T/P Hayner Family Plot Portland Property Hillside Cemetery Hillside Hobo Gravesite Cramer Station *T/P Holy Cross Abbey Cemetery Canon City Howard Cemetery Howard *T/P IOOF Cemetery Canon City *T/P Lakeside Cemetery Canon City *T/P Lower Beaver Creek Penrose *T/P McCumber Family Brookside *T/P Mountain Vale Cemetery Canon City New Hope Church Cemetery Wetmore Parkdale Cemetery Parkdale *T/P Penrose (Beaver Park) Penrose T/P San Juan Bautisa Florence * Skyline Drive East Canon City at Harrison and Rudd *T/P Skyline Drive West Canon City N of * Suckerville Whitehorn * Tallahassee (Gorman) Tallahassee School N of *T/P Taylor Family Cemetery Taylor Ranch, Tallahassee Road * Temple Canyon Temple Canyon Park * Twelve Mile Hwy 9 at Twelve Mile Park T/P Union Highland Florence T/P Upper Beaver Rd 132 at Beaver Creek * Whitehorn Whitehorn Wilbur Rd 67 N of Adelaide --------------- Mary Ann Thomas' notes: Badger Creek: One grave, unmarked. Bowen: Original site at Dozier and Van Loo. Earliest known/suspected gravesite/burial ground in Fremont County. All known remains were reinterred in Section 46 of the Lakeside Cemetery in June 1992. (T/P) Burnett Family Cemetery:Burnett Cemetery is located on Fremont County Road 132, 1.7 miles north of the junction with County Road 123.(T/P) Coal Creek abandoned cemetery: Painted rocks mark burial sites of some, no names on them. Most remains reinterred in Union Highland. Public access road to this site has been gated and locked. Eskilson: 3 graves, two unknown, one marked. Eskilson grave site is located on Colorado Highway 9, 9.4 miles north of the junction with US-50. (T/P) George Haynor grave site is located on private land near Portland.(T/P) McCumber Family Cemetery is located southeast of Canon City just off Colorado Highway 115 about 1/4 mile east of McKenzie Blvd.(T/P) Skyline Drive West:(aka Three Mile Spring)3 graves with 2 markers The cemetery is west of Canon City on Highway 50, 4 miles from Old Max Prison curve (Soda Point), first driveway on right after the Skyline Drive entrance(T/P) Skyline East : No stones, bones found during construction and some rumored burials there. Suckerville: No marked graves Tallahassee: Only one grave (Mary Gorman), located 2 miles north of the Tallahassee School Taylor Family Cemetery, take US Highway 50 west from Canon City about 9 miles. Turn north (right) onto Colorado Highway 9 for about 10 miles then turn west (left) on Fremont Co Road 2 (Tallahassee Road). Go 5.4 miles to Fremont Co Rd 26. Turn right on Co Rd 26 1.3 miles to the cemetery (1/10 mile past Candle Lane.)(T/P) Temple Canon : Rumored Indian Burial Ground Twelve Mile : 3 graves, 2 marked Whitehorn: 2 known burials =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.