On March 23, 1897, A.H. and Jennie Jewett, deeded this parcel of land to the then Board of School Directors No. 19, Klickitat County, "to be used for burial purposes." Over the years burials ceased to take place here for no known reason. The cemetery, became rundown and overgrown with grass through the years of non-use. Looking into the problem, the city council on March 5, 1955 petitioned to remove the Jewett's dedication of the property as a cemetery. In 1962, the area was cleaned up, tombstones were moved to the southwest corner of the property. Columbia High School Future Farmers of America rotovated the area and planted it and the property was dedicated as the "White Salmon Pioneer Park -- In memory of the early pioneers of White Salmon Valley.

On March 23, 1897, A.H. and Jennie Jewett, deeded this parcel of land to the then Board of School Directors No. 19, Klickitat County, "to be used for burial purposes." Over the years burials ceased to take place here for no known reason. The cemetery, became rundown and overgrown with grass through the years of non-use. Looking into the problem, the city council on March 5, 1955 petitioned to remove the Jewett's dedication of the property as a cemetery. In 1962, the area was cleaned up, tombstones were moved to the southwest corner of the property. Columbia High School Future Farmers of America rotovated the area and planted it and the property was dedicated as the "White Salmon Pioneer Park -- In memory of the early pioneers of White Salmon Valley.