Pioneer Cemetery, Teller County, Colorado Donated to the Colorado Archives by the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society, June 29, 2001. Questions may be directed to: Cemetery Project, Pikes Peak GS, P.O. Box 1262, Colorado Springs, CO 80901 See the USGenWeb copyright notice at the end of the file. ___________________________________________________________________ This small pioneer cemetery is located on land owned by Global Golf Management, Englewood, Colo., which operates the Shining Mountain Golf Club at this site. To reach it, from Woodland Park, drive north about 2.25 miles on Highway 67. Turn left on Lucky Lady Drive, the entrance to the golf course. The two remaining markers and other unmarked grave sites are on a bluff north of the green on the par-five second hole. Because of the site's elevation, it isn't easily visible from the golf course, although golfers trying to reach the green by cutting off the dogleg may run across the markers as they search for their ball. According to GPS-derived geolocation (accurate to within 10 meters), the cemetery's coordinates are 39ø01'05.0"N and 105ø04'33.0"W at an elevation of 8,222 feet. The course opened in 1994 as Woodland Park Fujiki Golf and Country Club, and the original management removed the two markers and stored them in a golf course service shed. Since April 2000, it has operated as Shining Mountain Golf Club. The new management had been experiencing a string of bad luck, and an employee, a native of Hawaii, suggested that the tombstones be restored to their original positions. In the spring of 2001, the employee's mother sent leis from Hawaii to honor the markers as they were reinstalled. In addition to the two markers that remain, there's a base to a marker and several sunken areas that mark the sites of other burials. Carol Loudermilk-Edwards's 1983 book "Teller County, Colorado, Church and Cemetery Records" lists the same three marked graves, so anything that has disappeared was gone by then. "Colorado Cemetery Directory" lists the cemetery as the Pioneer or Templeton Cemetery in Section 14, Township 12 South, Range 69 West, however, it is in Section 11 of the indicated township. It estimates there were originally 20 to 30 graves here. The course may be contacted at 100 Lucky Lady Drive, Woodland Park, CO 80863-7704; phone: (719) 687-7587; fax: (719) 687-5964; e-mail: smgolfclub@hotmail.com. Management will take legitimately interested persons to the cemetery in a course vehicle. LIEUT. A.G. TEMPLETON CO. G. 3 COLO CAVALRY ANNA LACY Feb. 5, 1820 Feb. 4, 1900 Anna's marker has at its base the four-line inscription: Mother thou hast gone and left us Thou so gentle kind and true Never more to love and bless us, For you passed beyond the blue. Anna Lacy shares her marker with DAVID WORKMAN Jan. 20, 1835 Apr. 14, 1891 =================================================== 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.