Teller Indian School Cemetery, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/mesa/cemeteries/teller.txt Donated by : Kathleen Haney May 20, 2001 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any 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. *********************************************************************** This listing of children buried in the Teller Institute (Indian School) burial ground was compiled from obituaries and cannot be confirmed by school or cemetery records. Note the use of "American" given names. Birth years are estimated in the obituary so I put them on the list. Peter Armel 1883 - 1900 Charles Bitts - 1898 Milford Cleveland -1895 Frank Enis 1890 - 1906 John Hardson - 1900 Pattie Hygant 1884 - 1894 Desha Russell - 1896 Samuel Shem 1888 - 1900 Allen Thurman - 1895 Unknown Girl 1889 - 1902 George Washington 1876 - 1895 =============================== I think the Teller institute closed around 1910. I have gone through the papers up to 1906 so it is possible that there could be a few more obituaries I haven't found yet. Each person listed above has reference in their obituary as the burial was taken place on the institute burial grounds. The references in the obituaries indicated to me that the cemetery could be like an old fashion family farm type cemetery with maybe a circle of rocks or wooden cross like was common in that time period. I have not found the Teller Institute cemetery mentioned in any cemetery book classified as a cemetery or a abandoned cemetery. I talked to a lady who works at the Regional Center and she verified that the regional center took over the facility that was once called Teller Institute. She asked the grounds keeper about a cemetery and said no one can find any evidence of a cemetery. It is possible that the Indians did not have tombstone inscriptions. Any wooden or handmade markers could have been worn away in a short period of time. This could make any physical evidence gone and grass or weeds covered up the area. The Regional Center is located on D road in Grand Junction.