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Pioneer Cemetery (other)
A pioneer cemetery is a cemetery for the earliest settlers in an area. Pioneer Cemetery or variations such as Pioneer Memorial Cemetery may also refer to: ;in Australia * Cleveland Pioneer Cemetery, Queensland * Darwin Pioneer Cemetery, Northern Territory * Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery, New South Wales * Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery, Western Australia * Kingston Pioneer Cemetery, Queensland * McLeod Street Pioneer Cemetery, Queensland * Memorial Park Cemetery (Albany, Western Australia), or Pioneer Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia ; in Canada * Nutana Pioneer Cemetery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ;in the United States * Bothell Pioneer Cemetery, Bothell, Washington * Columbia Pioneer Cemetery, Portland, Oregon * Dublin Pioneer Cemetery, Dublin, California * Eugene Pioneer Cemetery, Eugene, Oregon * Fernwood Pioneer Cemetery, Newberg, Oregon * Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery, Arizona * Gresham Pioneer Cemetery, Gresham, Oregon * Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery, Hillsboro, Orego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Cemetery
In the United States, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere, a pioneer cemetery is a cemetery that is the burial place for pioneers. American pioneers founded such cemeteries during territorial expansion of the United States, with founding dates spanning, at least, from the late 18th to early 20th centuries. A number of these have been officially designated as historic sites worthy of preservation, including at least 10 listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Definitions The State of Iowa defines "pioneer cemetery" as "a cemetery where twelve or fewer burials have taken place in the past 50 years". The State of Nebraska defines an "abandoned or neglected pioneer cemetery" as having been founded or situated upon land that "was given, granted, donated, sold, or deeded to the founders of the cemetery prior to January 1, 1900", and that "contains the grave or graves of a person or persons who were homesteaders, immigrants from a foreign nation, prairie farmers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gresham Pioneer Cemetery
Gresham Pioneer Cemetery, founded in 1859, lies on the east side of Southwest Walters Road in Gresham, Oregon, United States. The cemetery is bordered by the Springwater Corridor Trail and Johnson Creek (Willamette River), Johnson Creek on the south and by Escobar Cemetery, adjacent on the west and not clearly separated from Gresham Pioneer Cemetery. White Birch Cemetery, founded in 1888, lies on the west side of Southwest Walters Road across from the other two cemeteries. All are one block west of Gresham's Main City Park and about a half-block south of Southeast Powell Boulevard. The Gresham Pioneer Cemetery is owned and maintained by Metro (Oregon regional government), Metro, the regional government for the Oregon part of the Portland metropolitan area. Miyo Iwakoshi, thought to be the first Japanese person to live in Oregon, is buried here. Metro provides a downloadable map of the cemetery, although names are not listed. The three cemeteries are among the 14 pioneer cemet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Fernando Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
San Fernando Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, earlier known as Morningside Cemetery, is a cemetery in the Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, Sylmar district of Los Angeles. Located on a 3.8-acre (15,000 m2) site at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Bledsoe Street, the Pioneer Cemetery was thought to be originally a 40-acre or 10-acre (400,000 m2) site. History The cemetery was established in 1874 when Senator Charles Maclay created the Township of San Fernando. The last burial was most likely in 1939. It was known at the time as the San Fernando Cemetery and also as the Morningside Cemetery, and is the oldest non-denominational cemetery in the San Fernando Valley, the area's oldest cemetery being the San Fernando Mission Cemetery, which began operating in approximately 1800. Until recently it was thought that over 700 residents were buried there between approximately 1892 and 1939. Due to heavy vandalism, there are only 13 tombstones remaining. After the cemetery was determined to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem Pioneer Cemetery
Salem Pioneer Cemetery (also known as the I.O.O.F. Cemetery or Oddfellows Cemetery) is a cemetery in Salem, Oregon, United States. Overview Salem Pioneer Cemetery is one of two historic cemeteries located next to each other at the intersection of South Commercial and Hoyt streets. It is just east of City View Cemetery. The earliest burials center around the Methodist missionary pioneer David Leslie. The Methodist Mission was founded by the Reverend Jason Lee in 1834. This was the first mission to the Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest. After the end of the mission period, settlers poured into the Willamette Valley to take advantage of the land that was being granted due to the passage of the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850, brought to Congress by early pioneer Samuel R. Thurston, Oregon's first delegate. David Leslie became Jason Lee's principal assistant. He was a leader in the movement to organize the provisional government of Oregon, and a lifelong trustee of the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Park Cemetery
Pioneer Park Cemetery is a conglomeration of four graveyards with the remains of several of the city's earliest founders. It is located in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas, US, and directly east of Pioneer Plaza. The four graveyards were known as Masonic Cemetery, the Odd Fellow's Cemetery, the Jewish Cemetery, and the City Cemetery. History Established in 1849, Pioneer Park Cemetery is the final resting place for four Dallas mayors, early city business leaders, and fighters from the Texas Revolution. John McClannahan Crockett, Dallas mayor and Lieutenant Governor of Texas during the American Civil War, is among those buried here. The last person was interred in the cemetery in 1921. Confederate War Memorial Originally located in Old City Park, the '' Confederate War Memorial'' was moved to Pioneer Park Cemetery in 1961 to accommodate construction of R.L. Thornton Freeway. The Dallas City Council approved removal of the monument in February 2019 bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery (San Bernardino, California)
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, is an extant burial place for the early settlers in the city. The cemetery was founded in April 1857. Remains of area pioneers previously interred at the unmarked Seccombe Lake Cemetery were relocated to the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery. Operated by the City of San Bernardino, it is located at 211 East 9th Street. Notable burials * Ellis Eames (1809–1882), first mayor of Provo, Utah from 1851 to 1852. * Virginia Ann Cooksey Earp, mother of Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan, James, and Warren Earp. * William F. Holcomb, prospector. * O. M. Wozencraft (1814–1887), prominent early American settler in California. References External links * Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in San Bernardino Countyat The Political Graveyard The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 277,000 American political figures and political families, along with other informatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, Cincinnati
The Pioneer Memorial Cemetery (also known as Columbia Baptist Church Cemetery) is a historic pioneer cemetery in the Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is located on a small hill overlooking Lunken Airport at 333 Wilmer Avenue on Cincinnati's east side. The oldest cemetery in Hamilton County, it lies at the site of Columbia Baptist Church, founded in 1790. Columbia is the oldest settlement in Hamilton County, as it was founded in 1788, one month before Losantiville (later Cincinnati). The cemetery is the only extant remnant of the Columbia settlement. Included in this cemetery is the grave of Major Benjamin Stites, 1734–1804, founding father of Columbia. The fellow founder of Columbia and pioneer, soldier, and legislator Ephraim Kibbey (1756–1809) is memorialized here on the monument "To the First Boat-load" erected in 1879. Frederick L. Payne, then Supervising Horticulturalist for the Park Board, began a restoration project in 1967 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Cemetery (Sidney, New York)
Pioneer Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Sidney in Delaware County, New York, United States. It is a community burial ground with the earliest recorded interment dated to 1787. Burials date from 1787 to 1890 and cemetery records indicate 275 burials. ''See also:'' ''and:'' It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Gallery Pioneer Cemetery Signs.JPG, Cemetery sign and historic marker Pioneer stones.JPG, Gravestones in the cemetery Stone in Pioneer Cemetery.JPG, Gravestone in the cemetery See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, New York List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, New York This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, New York. The lo ... References External links * * {{National Register of Historic Places in New York Cemeteries on the National Regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Cemetery (Evans, New York)
Pioneer Cemetery, also known as Evans Center Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at Evans Center in Erie County, New York. It consists of 10 to 11 rows of burials, with the oldest dating to 1810. The majority of the burials date between 1810 and 1860, with the most recent burial in 1928. Most are marked with simple tablet headstones. It features hilly terrain with a prominent rise at the center of the cemetery. ''Note:'' This includes an''Accompanying eight photographs''/ref> It was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 2012. References External links * {{National Register of Historic Places in New York Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Cemeteries in Erie County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palarm Bayou Pioneer Cemetery
The Palarm Bayou Pioneer Cemetery is a historic cemetery in a rural-suburban area of northern Pulaski County, Arkansas. It is located northwest of Maumelle, between the Arkansas River Trail ( Arkansas Highway 365) and Palarm Creek, on a rise that is now part of the gated Mountain Crest residential subdivision. The small cemetery, with just ten marked graves, stands at the top of a rise north of Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church. Nine of the graves are surrounded by a low stone wall, while one is set outside that enclosure, surrounded by a wrought iron fence. The oldest of the marked graves is that of Daniel Wilson, who died in 1837. The cemetery is probably one of the county's oldest. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It contains the graves of early pioneer families; Wilson, Danley, and Boyle. The cemetery is severely neglected with broken headstones and overgrowth of the surrounding woodlands. See also * National Register of Historic Places l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
The Mormon Pioneer Cemetery is located at 3300 State Street in present-day Florence at the north end of Omaha, Nebraska. The Cemetery is the burial site of hundreds of Mormon pioneers who lived in Winter Quarters, a temporary settlement that lasted from 1846 to 1848 as the settlers moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. It was designated a landmark by the City of Omaha in 1990.Pioneer-Mormon Cemetery City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 6/7/2007. Records of (LDS Church) indicate that 359 Mormon pioneers were buried a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
