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Grave 20 at Kennecott Cemetery - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Grave 20 at Kennecott Cemetery - Public Domain image, National Parks G...

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. This headstone is the first single upright precast concrete marker in the cemetery and features a decorative copper plate. The burial orientation... More

Wooden Crosses Mark Graves at Kennecott Cemetery

Wooden Crosses Mark Graves at Kennecott Cemetery

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. The cemetery, which is located south of the mill town along the original access road, was utilized between 1908 and 1938. These wooden Latin-styl... More

Gravemarkers 39, 43, and 42 at Kennecott Cemetery

Gravemarkers 39, 43, and 42 at Kennecott Cemetery

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. Burials at the cemetery occurred between 1908 and 1938, coinciding with the industrial and domestic development of the Kennecott Mill Town. The... More

Kennecott Cemetery Landscape - National Parks Gallery

Kennecott Cemetery Landscape - National Parks Gallery

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. The Kennecott Cemetery, just south of the Kennecott Mill Town site along the old Wagon Road, is closely associated with the social and industrial... More

View of the Kennecott Cemetery - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

View of the Kennecott Cemetery - Public Domain image, National Parks G...

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. Captured from a nearby boulder pile, this perspective shows the grave markers and fencing of the cemetery that served the Kennecott Mill Town bet... More

Grave in Kennecott Cemetery - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Grave in Kennecott Cemetery - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. This view of a grave marker shows the landscape after overgrown vegetation had been cleared. The cemetery was used between 1908 and 1938, during ... More

Identifying Plants at the Kennecott Cemetery

Identifying Plants at the Kennecott Cemetery

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. Before clearing vegetation, park employees developed a inventory of plants identified at the Kennecott Cemetery.

Grave markers in Kennecott Cemetery

Grave markers in Kennecott Cemetery

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. Historical descriptions of the cemetery record the site as being "weedy" and possessing a beautiful view over Kennicott Glacier. Trees and shrubs... More

Grave Marker at Kennecott Cemetery

Grave Marker at Kennecott Cemetery

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. Most of the grave markers in the cemetery are simple Latin crosses made of wood. Wooden fencing marks the perimeter of the cemetery and surrounds... More

Graves in the Kennecott Cemetery

Graves in the Kennecott Cemetery

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. Most of the grave structures are wood, Latin style crosses. Others include precast concrete, ornamental wood, and engraved granite. These concret... More

Overgrown Vegetation at Kennecott Cemetery

Overgrown Vegetation at Kennecott Cemetery

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. Overgrown vegetation at the cemetery can hasten the deterioration of the historic structures and threaten the historic integrity of the landscape... More

Site Plan of the Kennecott Cemetery Landscape

Site Plan of the Kennecott Cemetery Landscape

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. The site plan of a cultural landscape can be used for planning, maintenance, and interpretation. This shows the arrangement of grave sites, vege... More

Fence Surrounding the Kennecott Cemetery

Fence Surrounding the Kennecott Cemetery

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. The condition of structures varies in the cemetery, with the majority of wood artifacts exhibiting severe decay. However, the features collective... More

Preserving the Kennecott Cemetery

Preserving the Kennecott Cemetery

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. A work crew clears vegetation at the Kennecott Cemetery. Their efforts help slow the process of decay and preserves the historic character of the... More