Flathead County MT Archives Deed.....Kalispell, City Of - Conrad, Alicia Davenport Stanford (Mrs. C. E. Conrad) September 19, 1903
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Sixty Acres for Cemetery in Kalispell
Written: September 19, 1903

The Butte Miner Sun Sep 20, 1903 page 13

Mrs. Conrad to Donate Cemetery to Kalispell

Tract of Land for Purpose Contains Sixty Acres, 
and Improvements Contemplated Alone Will Cost 
Generous Donor $16,000.

             (Special Telegram)
   Kalispell, Mont., Sept-19--Mrs. C. E. Conrad is preparing
a tract of land which lies just east of the city limits upon
a hill which overlooks the Stillwater river and also the city
for cemetery purposes. She is having the tract platted and
laid off in driveways, and will, as soon as it is prepared,
sow grass seed and put in a system of waterworks so that 
every part of the grounds will be supplied with water for
sprinkling purposes. The tract contains sixty acres, and
in one part there is a small hill upon which she will build
a reservoir and have the water mains connected therewith, so
that the city water pumps can send a stream of water direct
to the reservoir, which will insure a good supply of water
at all times.
   The tract contains the finest kind of soil, and there will
be no trouble in getting all kinds of shrubbery, grass and
flowers to grow and do well. It has a gradual south slope, and
is an ideal spot for a cemetery. It was in this tract that 
C. E. Conrad designated that his remains should rest and where
the temporary receiving vault was erected to receive his body.
The driveways through the grounds will be circular, and the 
different plats will be so arranged that a pleasing effect will
be made.
   An expert landscape gardener of Minneapolis has looked over 
the land and given instructions as to how it shall be laid out.
All drives through the land will be made of crushed stone and
packed well. It will cost, when completed, about a $16,000,
besides the value of the land, and it will be donated to the
city by Mrs. Conrad when it is all completed.
   This is something that Kalispell has needed badly for years.
The citizens say that the place shall be kept beautiful and well
cared for when once control is given. About thirty men and six
or seven teams are at work upon the grounds at present.

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