Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery

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Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery, also known as Pioneer Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located near the Grand Canyon's South Rim. The cemetery is home to some 400 individual graves.[1]

Burial criteria include a three-year stint at the Park, and a significant contribution thereto.[2] Among those buried there are pioneers, NPS administrators of Grand Canyon National Park and residents of Grand Canyon Village including John Hance, , Ralph Cameron, , Emery Kolb and M.R. Tillotson. Hance is the first to have been buried there.[3] Also buried in the cemetery are the unidentified remains of the victims on the United Airlines flight involved in the 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision.[4][5] The cemetery closed to new burials in 2017, but remains open for visitation.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Out of space: Historic Grand Canyon cemetery closing to new burials". The Associated Press. 2017-06-27. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ Craven, Scott; Yeager, Melissa (2019-02-26). "100 things you should know about the Grand Canyon". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ Padilla, Vivian (2016-05-07). "Teddy Roosevelt, John Hance at Grand Canyon". abc15. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ^ Anderson, Michael F.; Biggs, Patricia. "Grand Canyon Cemetery". Arizona State University. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. ^ Parker, Anderson (2015). Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-4671-3223-7.
  6. ^ Olson, Jeffrey. "Historic Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery Has Closed". National Park Service. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

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Coordinates: 36°03′16″N 112°07′30″W / 36.0544951°N 112.1250879°W / 36.0544951; -112.1250879

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