This cemetery is found by turning off Highway 285 towards Conejos. The cemetery is in a field south of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Conejos. It is on the east side of County Road 13. The cemetery is in very poor shape. A canal runs on the south side of the cemetery. As a result some graves have sunk.
Over the years the weeds have been burned several times. As a result, any wooden markers have been destroyed. Cattle also periodically get into the cemetery.
People from northern New Mexico began moving into the southern part of the San Luis Valley as early as 1852. The first permanent church was dedicated in 1858. How early the cemetery was begun is not known. Four parish priests, one brother, and two
Sisters of Loretto are buried in the cemetery. Using church records may be more accurate than this cemetery record. I have included some church records.
Please contact Grace Bagwell, PO Box 297, Manassa, CO 81141 or [email protected] for additions or corrections.