Central Cemetery
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Central Cemetery

Also known as Deadwood Cemetery

Central, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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Turning on to Circle Hot Springs Road at Central and driving about 3/4 mile, just before crossing Graveyard Creek, you come to Cemetery Road. About 1/2 mile along Cemetery Road lies a small burial ground. Only about a quarter-acre in size, the cemetery holds 36 graves, the oldest dating to 1905.
The burials in the cemetery reflect the economy and demographics of the area. There are few burials of women and children, indicative of their rarity along the creeks.
At least a third of those buried in the cemetery were bachelor miners like Jens Langlow (1881-1969), who arrived in the Klondike in 1899 and migrated to Alaska in 1905. For a time he mined on Deadwood Creek with his partner, Nick Knutsen (1876-1949, also buried in the cemetery). Nick was 6-feet-7-inches tall, while Nels was much shorter. The two were known as "the long and short of it."
Several of those interred, like Earl Stout (1891-1983), were employees of the Alaska Road Commission. Stout came to Alaska in the 1920s to work on the railroad bridge across the Tanana River. He also mined in the Yukon River-Charley River region for many years before being employed by the Alaska Road Commission.
There are also several burials related to Central Roadhouse, including those of Alfred "Riley" Erickson (1869-1948) and Adolf "Diamond" Urban (1877-1950). Riley was the roadhouse proprietor, and Diamond was a retired circus clown and the roadhouse gardener.
The cemetery is still in use, the last burial being in 2014. Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 4, based in Fairbanks, has replaced six of the cemetery's grave markers. The cemetery is maintained by the Circle District Historical Society, and is open to visitors.




Turning on to Circle Hot Springs Road at Central and driving about 3/4 mile, just before crossing Graveyard Creek, you come to Cemetery Road. About 1/2 mile along Cemetery Road lies a small burial ground. Only about a quarter-acre in size, the cemetery holds 36 graves, the oldest dating to 1905.
The burials in the cemetery reflect the economy and demographics of the area. There are few burials of women and children, indicative of their rarity along the creeks.
At least a third of those buried in the cemetery were bachelor miners like Jens Langlow (1881-1969), who arrived in the Klondike in 1899 and migrated to Alaska in 1905. For a time he mined on Deadwood Creek with his partner, Nick Knutsen (1876-1949, also buried in the cemetery). Nick was 6-feet-7-inches tall, while Nels was much shorter. The two were known as "the long and short of it."
Several of those interred, like Earl Stout (1891-1983), were employees of the Alaska Road Commission. Stout came to Alaska in the 1920s to work on the railroad bridge across the Tanana River. He also mined in the Yukon River-Charley River region for many years before being employed by the Alaska Road Commission.
There are also several burials related to Central Roadhouse, including those of Alfred "Riley" Erickson (1869-1948) and Adolf "Diamond" Urban (1877-1950). Riley was the roadhouse proprietor, and Diamond was a retired circus clown and the roadhouse gardener.
The cemetery is still in use, the last burial being in 2014. Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 4, based in Fairbanks, has replaced six of the cemetery's grave markers. The cemetery is maintained by the Circle District Historical Society, and is open to visitors.




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