Locality:
Realty Map: 87.10-2-8.1 Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map Garden City Landform: Ridge bench
UTM Easting: 589220 Elevation: 1240 feet
UTM Northing: 4118930 Aspect: Southeast
Site Dimensions: 50 by 50 feet
Survey Description: Site consists of a small cemetery with three marked burials. Although surface evidence for other burials was not observed, it is possible that other graves are present. Three observed graves were marked with modern, inscribed headstones. Site is not enclosed by a fence. Historic plantings in the cemetery include yucca and daffodils. Vegetation was recently cleared from the site and surrounding vegetation consists of scrub brush in a young deciduous forest. Observed graves were confined to an area of less than 15 by 15 feet. Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed. Site size was derived from local real estate maps.
Survey Date: 4/98
Field Notes: x Yes No
Photographs: x Yes No
Reference(s): None
Additional Comments: Site is not marked on the USGS Garden City map sheet, but it is marked on local real estate maps and identified as a cemetery.
Marker inscriptions:
Robert Antonio Benois
Benois Mabel B. Antonio Petro
Nov.__, 1900 May 11, 1956 July 5, 1942
(footstone: RAB)