Pierce County WA Archives Cemeteries.....King Hill Cemetery - Complete Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wa/wafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Webber info@wastatecem.org July 9, 2009, 6:01 pm Abstracted By: Cheryl Webber The King Hill Pioneer Cemetery is located within the Fort Lewis Army Reservation. Visitors must secure a pass at the main post gate to gain access to the post. This cemetery is inside the boundaries of a firing range. It is best that visitors check with "Range Control" before driving near the firing range. In the photo on the cemetery page is a tall dark green flag pole. If the range "is hot" there will be a red pennant flag on that flag pole indicating that there is active firing happening on the range. Civilians are not allowed on the firing ranges when they are active. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.01323, Longitude: -122.55987 Driving directions: Take I-5 to exit number 120, towards FORT LEWIS/NO. FORT LEWIS. Merge onto FORT LEWIS exit at the fork in the ramp. Turn RIGHT at the Fort Lewis Visitor's Center if a visitor's pass is needed. Continue on through the security gate. Continue on 41st Division Drive to Stryker Avenue. Turn left on Stryker Avenue. Stryker Avenue will change names to East Gate Road. Follow East Gate Road until just past the range sign for C5A. Turn right onto 2nd Division Range Road. Follow this gravel road until you see the sign on the right side of the road for Range 79 (R79). The cemetery can be accessed by using the range road located at the range sign or travelling to the next road on the right farther on 2nd Division Range Road. The cemetery is located on the top of the hill in the trees on the west side of the road. There is a gravel access road that is accessible to the cemetery gate. A photo of the range marker is on the main cemetery page. Range Control contact information: 253-967-6371 (24 hour contact) Cemetery contact: J.C. Matthews Public Affairs First Corps Fort Lewis, WA 98433 253-967-0158 Website to request a Visitor's Pass. This site lists the main Ft. Lewis Cemetery but does not have information on the five small pioneer cemeteries including the King Hill Pioneer Cemetery. https://sponsor.lewis.army.mil/requests/linkspage.htm Fort Lewis main website and switchboard http://www.lewis.army.mil/ 253-967-1110 Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bastian Charles 2/24/1887 6/28/1905 Bastian Isaac 1849 7/10/1936 Bastian Orillia Byrd 1859 6/7/1937 Bastian Silas Bastian Walter Bastian J Philip 4/24/1889 1/11/1913 Burston Miles Burston William 8/12/1877 2/24/1901 Hopper Alice M 1916 5/6/1924 Hopper Edna F/Speaker 1896 11/20/1920 Hopper William S 1916 7/4/1916 Throssell Mary Letitia/Burston 4/23/1848 1/13/1917 Throssell Thomas 12/1833 3/25/1902 Spence Letitia Greig 11/17/1857 2/13/1931 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wa/pierce/cemeteries/kinghill48gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wafiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb