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Name, City, Type of Resource |
Cemeteries, mausoleums, places where the dead are
entombed. This isn't a list just of burial places -- there are web
sites that have attempted that. This is for places that the
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Arizona
Tombstone
Boothill Graveyard & Gift Shop
Highway 80 W
Tombstone AZ 85638
Phone 520 457-9344
Web Site http://clantongang.com/oldwest/boothill.html
Description actual cemetery where many occupants "died with their boots on"
Type of Resource Tourist Attraction
Building Type Funerary
Kind of Activity Gift Shop
Era 1878-1884
New or Updated: 03/23/2003 |
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AR
Heber Springs
Olmstead
Funeral & Historical Museum
108
South 4th Street
Heber
Springs
AR
72543
Phone
501 362-2242
Web Site
http://www.olmstead.cc/museum.htm
Alt Web
http://users.aristotle.net/~russjohn/mort.html
Description
history of the Olmstead family, centered on 1896
hearse and other
mortuary
equipment and family memorabilia, located in auto detailing
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Local History
Building
Type
Funerary
New or
Updated:
6/19/2007 |
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GA
Atlanta
Historic Oakland Cemetery
248 Oakland
Avenue SE
Atlanta
GA
30312
Phone
404
688-2107
Web Site
http://oaklandcemetery.org
Description
tours
of cemetery dating from 1850
Type of
Resource
Historic Place
Building Type Funerary
New or Updated:
07/22/2003 |
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Royal Mausoleum State Monument
2261 Nu'uanu Avenue
Honolulu HI
Phone 808 536-7602
Alt Phone 808 587-0300
Web Site http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dsp/oahu.html
Alt Web http://www.alternative-hawaii.com/activity/ohc.htm
Description King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Funerary
New or Updated: 05/07/2003 |
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IA
Council Bluffs
Kinsman
Monument
308
Lafayette Ave
Council
Bluffs
IA
Web Site
http://parksandrec.councilbluffs-ia.gov/historical.asp?page=6
Description
Civil war memorial with cannons,
Fairview
Cemetery holds Amelia
Bloomer's
grave as well
Type of
Resource
Historic Place
Building
Type
Funerary
New or
Updated:
6/29/2007 |
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Illinois
Chicago
Rosehill Cemetery & Civil War Museum
5800 N Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago IL 60660
Phone 773 561-5940
Web Site
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Description finding resting place of many notables
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Funerary |
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IN
Munster
Community Veterans Memorial
c/o Community Foundation, 901 MacArthur
Munster
IN
46321
Phone
219 836-4582
Web Site
http://www.communityveteransmemorial.org/
E-mail
mailto:skellogg@comhs.org?subject=Information Request
Description
dedicated 2003, park holds separate memorial for
each 20th century conflict
Type
of Resource
Historic Place
Primary
Focus
Military
Building
Type
Funerary
New or Updated:
3/31/2004 |
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Missouri
Kansas City
Union Cemetery Historical Society
227 East 28th Terrace
Kansas City 64108
Phone 816 472-4990
Web Site www.unioncemetery.org
Type of Resource History Related Organization
Description
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Funerary |
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association
4734 Butler Street
Pittsburgh PA 15201
Phone 412 682-1624
Web Site www.alleghenycemetery.com/
Description tours of 120,000 grave cemetery Mar-Oct
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Funerary
Pennsylvania
Washington
LeMoyne House
49 East Maden Street
Washington PA 15301
Phone 724 225-6740
Web Site http://www.wchspa.org/index.htm
Description
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Funerary
Era 1812 |
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TX
Austin
Texas State
Cemetery
909 Navasota St
Austin
TX
78702
Phone
512 463-0605
Web Site
http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/
E-mail
mailto:StateCemetery@tbpc.state.tx.us
Description
"Lone Star State's version of Arlington National
Cemetery" , burial site for many
important
Texans since 1851
Type of
Resource
Historic Place
Primary
Focus
Famous People
Building
Type
Funerary
New or
Updated:
12/28/2005 |
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VA
Arlington
Arlington
National Cemetery
Address
Arlington VA
22211
Phone
703 607-8585
Web Site
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/
E-mail
mailto:owensB@fmmc.army.mil
Description
over 250,000 military personnel are interred
here, including two presidents and the
Tomb of the
Unknowns
Type of
Resource
Historic Place
Primary
Focus
Military
Building
Type
Funerary
Nature of
Group or Site
Government
New or
Updated:
10/15/2005 VA
Richmond
Hollywood
Cemetery
412 South Cherry Street
Richmond
VA
23220
Phone
804 648-8501
Web Site
http://www.hollywoodcemetery.org/
E-mail
mailto:info@hollywoodcemetery.org
Description
two US Presidents, Jefferson Davis, and several
generals are among the
18,000
buried here
Type of
Resource
Historic Place
Primary
Focus
President
Building
Type
Funerary
Nature of
Group or Site
Government
Industry
/Profession
Politics
New or
Updated:
7/7/2004 |
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Last Update:
01/11/2008 |
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