Yosemite Cemetery, also known as Pioneer Cemetery,[1] is a cemetery built in the 1870s and located on the west end of Yosemite Village, in Mariposa County, California.[2] In 2014, the Yosemite Conservancy worked in restoring the cemetery and graves.[3] Many of the graves are from the earliest European-descent pioneers, and a few of the graves were for Native Americans that had lived in the valley.[4]
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| Established | 1870s |
| Location | Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, California |
| Country | United States |
| Size | 0.25 arce |
| No. of graves | approx. 60 graves |
| Find a Grave | Yosemite Cemetery |
Notable burials
edit- George Anderson (1835–1884), first person to summit Half Dome in 1875.[3]
- Lucy Brown, one of the few Native American survivors of the Mariposa Battalion's 1851 raid of Yosemite Valley.[2]
- Galen Clark (1814–1910), writer and conservationist[2][3]
- George Fiske (1835–1918), landscape photographer.
- Florence Hutchings, the first non-Ahwahnechee born in Yosemite Valley
- James Mason Hutchings (1820–1902), businessman.[2]
- James Chenowith Lamon (1817–1875), the earliest person of European-descent to settle in Yosemite Valley in 1860.[3]
- Forest Sanford Townsley (1882–1943), chief ranger at Yosemite National Park for 27 years.[3]
Gallery
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See also
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edit- ^ Burrell, Jackie (January 18, 2017). "Yosemite: 5 surprising spots you don't know about". The Mercury News. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Medley, Steven P. (October 2, 2012). The Complete Guidebook to Yosemite National Park. Yosemite Conservancy. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-930238-28-2.
- ^ a b c d e Burnett, Jim (March 2, 2014). "Yosemite National Park's Restored Cemetery Preserves Ties To The Park's Rich History". Nationalparkstraveler.org. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
- ^ Jackson, Richard R. (1953). "Indian Gravesites of the Yosemite Cemetery". Yosemite Nature Notes. p. 119.
Further reading
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- Brubaker, Lloyd W.; Degnan, Laurence V.; Jackson, Richard R. (1959). Guide to the Pioneer Cemetery. Vol. XXXVIII.