Articles that feature, in part or in whole, old cemeteries of historic mining communities in the Colorado Rockies. 

Evergreen Cemetery: Chronicle of Leadville History

Gravestones in Evergreen Cemetery tell stories of Leadville's past. 

Who Are the Knights of Pythias?

The peaceful, overgrowing cemeteries of Knights of Pythias and Central City. Learning some history of the area from the epitaphs. 

Caribou Cemetery and the Glories of the Mountain

Finding meager remains of Caribou Cemetery and recent restoration work, plus wildflowers, aspen, and wildlife on this glorious mountain. 

Central City's Catholic Cemetery: Marking the Lives of Colorado's Melting Pot

Epitaphs and stories from some of the 19th century miners buried in the hilltop cemetery. Also a tour inside the Argo Tunnel and Mill, a revolutionary water drainage and ore transport system for its day. 

Weathered Into Anonymity: Gravestones of Jamestown, Colorado

A stroll through Jamestown Cemetery, where the texts of many of the gravestones are weathered beyond recognition — now the playground of colorful lichen.

Bald Mountain Cemetery: Final Resting Place for Some of Colorado's Earliest Miners

Resting place for residents of Nevadaville, now a ghost town, and Central City.

Take a Walk on the Sunnyside -- Cemetery, that is. Victor and Cripple Creek Cemeteries

 Stroll through Sunnyside Cemetery with the deer at dusk and Mount Pisgah Cemetery in Cripple Creek.

Lives from Gilpin County Cemeteries

In the Bald Mountain Cemetery, Bennett Seymour, prominent citizen of Nevadaville in the 1800s.

Historic South Park, Colorado - Mining Mecca in the 1800s

Explore what life was like for 1800s miners and their families high in the Colorado Rockies.