El Dorado Valley Pet Cemetery in Boulder City, Nevada

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Coordinates: 35.91432, -114.91765
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The earliest dated grave site seen was 1948. There were many dogs, cats, bunny rabbits, and even a turtle. The area is comprised of 2 - 3 acres. Many of the painted white picket fences are now pieces of rotten wood with rusty nails. Some of the metal fences are mostly rust. Many of the grave sites are very creative. There are a lot of rusty nails and broken glass in the area plus washed out sections of road.

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Brok Armantrout, Director of Community Development for Boulder City, posted some information on .

Brok wrote:
"The pet cemetery was an unsanctioned use of federal land from the very beginning (1931). At one time, friends of the cemetery tried to work out a deal with the federal government to legitimize the site, went as far as getting congressional assistance, but for one reason or another, the project stalled and died. If you have three hours of free time, the history of the effort can be found at the BLM field office on the far northwest side of the LV Valley. When the City purchased the Eldorado Valley in 1995, roughly 85,000 acres were designated as Desert Tortoise Habitat through a formal easement designation that was adopted by ordinance. The ordinance prohibits all sorts of activities, one of which is the internment of remains."

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