Shawnee Cemetery
Shawnee, Park County, Colorado, USA
Shawnee Cemetery is a contributing resource within the National Register-listed Shawnee Historic District (NRIS number 10000434, listed 2010). The burial ground is located between County Road 67 and U.S. Highway 285 in the unincorporated community of Shawnee, approximately 4.5 miles west of Bailey. Established in 1895 the cemetery sits on land homesteaded by English immigrant J.W. Price in 1886. Price played a leading role in developing facilities aimed at making Shawnee a summer resort destination. The earliest burial was that of Perry James Price, the
infant grandson of J.W. All of the burials are related to J.W. Price through blood or marriage, including such families as the Bonnifields, Tylers, and Kniselys. This family cemetery contains an estimated twenty-two burials and is maintained but is no longer in use. The most recent burial took place in 1965."
Park County, Colorado, Historic Cemeteries, "Historic Cemetery Development in Park County, Colorado, 1859-1965", United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form, prepared by R. Laurie Simmons and Thomas H. Simmons, Front Range Research Associates, Inc., Denver, Colorado, Section number E, page 20.
Shawnee Cemetery is a contributing resource within the National Register-listed Shawnee Historic District (NRIS number 10000434, listed 2010). The burial ground is located between County Road 67 and U.S. Highway 285 in the unincorporated community of Shawnee, approximately 4.5 miles west of Bailey. Established in 1895 the cemetery sits on land homesteaded by English immigrant J.W. Price in 1886. Price played a leading role in developing facilities aimed at making Shawnee a summer resort destination. The earliest burial was that of Perry James Price, the
infant grandson of J.W. All of the burials are related to J.W. Price through blood or marriage, including such families as the Bonnifields, Tylers, and Kniselys. This family cemetery contains an estimated twenty-two burials and is maintained but is no longer in use. The most recent burial took place in 1965."
Park County, Colorado, Historic Cemeteries, "Historic Cemetery Development in Park County, Colorado, 1859-1965", United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form, prepared by R. Laurie Simmons and Thomas H. Simmons, Front Range Research Associates, Inc., Denver, Colorado, Section number E, page 20.
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