Whitehorn Cemetery, Fremont County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/fremont/cemeteries/whitehorn.txt For information on the Whitehorn Cemetery contact William and Carolee Schrader wlscms@ris.net or the Western Fremont Historical Society, P.O. Box 132, Howard, CO 81233. The Whitehorn area sixteen miles up Ute Trail northeast of Salida has a colorful history. During the 1880's local cattlemen waged war against rustlers and each other for the pasture land in the lush meadows. During the 1890's gold fever from Cripple Creek spread up the Arkansas Hills where some mines showed promise. The town of Whitehorn sprung from the meadow land. The town offered goods, a newspaper, saloon, sidewalks, and stagecoach service to Salida to the hopeful prospectors. The town promoters claimed to be in Chaffee County but Fremont County commissioners disagreed. Late in 1899 the District Court ruled that the area was in the boundary of Fremont County. By 1904 the gold fever had cooled. The school district was abolished in 1909 and the post office closed in 1918. The area returned to cattle ranching. Small homesteads covered the meadows for a few years but were defeated by the economic depression of the 1930's. Larger outfits bought up the land and continue to raise cattle in the area. Whitehorn Cemetery is abandoned with at least eight unmarked graves on a lonely mesa near the old Whitehorn town site. Information needed to determine the names of those buried is located in two counties depending upon the date of death. This transcription recognizes records from both Chaffee and Fremont Counties. A photograph of the cemetery today is included in the Colorado Tombstone Photo Project of the USGenWeb Archives. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITEHORN CEMETERY - CHAFFEE COUNTY RECORDS Contributed for use by the Author: June Shaputis - October 2000 Copyright (c) 1987 by June Shaputis from book CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO, BURIALS. All rights reserved except permission granted to reproduce or distribute to not-for-profit individuals or organizations. At the time of these two deaths, Whitehorn was in Chaffee County. A county line dispute was finally settled and the town found itself in Fremont County. No other interments were mentioned in the papers or court house records. This was probably due to the fact that, soon after the dispute, Whitehorn folded as a likely mining camp and the residents moved away. Little is left of Whitehorn today, but the site can be reached by following the Ute Trail over the other side of Cameron Mountain towards Highway 9. It is now privately owned, and permission must be acquired before attempting to go on the fenced property. (A photograph of the cemetery was in the Salida Mail 26 Aug 1969) BABB, George Child of Mr. & Mrs. D. D. BABB. Died 11 Feb 1899 and was buried the 12th. A cemetery was started on the mesa just east of town, as his was the first death. (Salida Mail 14 Feb 1899) Died 4 Feb 1899, young son of D. D. BABB, Whitehorn's first funeral. (The Whitehorn News 10 Feb 1899) HAMILTON, W. B. Died 13 Jun 1899 of pneumonia, middle aged, left a wife and two sons. (Salida Mail 20 Jun 1899) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITEHORN CEMETERY - FREMONT COUNTY RECORDS Search is underway and results will be added when completed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.