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Established by the City of Golden as a municiple facility on October 6, 1873. It was located less than two miles southeast of town near what was known as the Cold Spring Ranch. The grounds were purchased from O.C. Haines, and the "Colorado Transcript" reported that the Catholic Church, Masons, and Odd Fellows had signed on to establish reserved burial sections. James Baker served as the cemetery's first sexton. In 1873-74 the site was platted and graded with roads and burial sections. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. The City cemetery replaced Golden's first burial ground established about 1860 on a hill north of town called Cemetery Hill. Unplanned, unregulated, and unmaintained, it was open to anyone needing to bury a loved one. |
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