Locality:
Realty Map: 107.00-3-11.1 Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map: Garden
City Landform: Ridge top
Grid Locus: G-9 Elevation: 1020 feet
UTM Easting: 594160 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4114880
Site Dimensions: 90
by 110 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a small cemetery with at least 33 graves. Observed graves included three marked with inscribed
granite markers, 19 marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers, and at least 11
unmarked graves identifiable as ground surface depressions. All of the observed graves ranged in
orientation from 81 through 96 degrees.
Site is now covered with thick briars, however it appears to have been
cleared on a periodic basis. South and
east sides were bounded by wood post and barbed wire fence, the north side was
marked by wood posts but fencing has deteriorated, and the west side was
bounded by a slight embankment which sloped down to merge with a dirt access
road. The access road was about 0.1 mile
long and provides access from Winter Drive. West side of cemetery has a carpet
of periwinkle groundcover. Site was
field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were
transcribed. Site size was derived from
local realty maps.
Survey Date: 3/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
Reference(s): None
Additional Comments: The assigned temporal period was based
on death dates inscribed on observed headstones. These dates ranged headstone ranged 1931
through 1979. However, the presence of
numerous unmarked graves and graves with uninscribed fieldstone markers
probably indicate an earlier use of the site.
The site is not marked on the USGS Garden City map sheet. It is marked on local realty maps and labeled
“
Marker Inscriptions:
Ernest W. Ridgeway Ridgeway Ridgeway
(metal marker also at foot) (marble
block at foot) (fieldstone
marker at foot)