No Vacancy At Grand Canyon Cemetery

[Mosby]

If you died in the Grand Canyon during the 19th century, chances are you were buried where you fell. But in the early 1900s, pioneers found a clearing about a quarter mile from the south rim amidst the ponderosa pine. Park Cultural Program Manager Ellen Brennan said it’s one of the few places that doesn’t have kaibab limestone at the surface.

“And so to be able to get a place where you can get this much depth is extremely rare,” Brennan said.

The Pioneer Cemetery is tucked beside a non-denominational church called the Shrine of the Ages. The small graveyard is filled with mostly non-traditional headstones — rocks that formed the canyon itself.

The cemetery is the final resting place for 400 explorers, scientists and Native Americans who made the Grand Canyon what it is today. And after almost a century, it’s at capacity. No more new plots.

Lots more at:
https://fronterasdesk.org/content/10743/no-vacancy-grand-canyon-cemetery


They should build a columbarium on the site.

[Kali]

1. cool, I did not know about this

but then it makes sense.