Camelback Cemetery
Also known as Old Scottsdale Cemetery , Scottsdale Cemetery
Paradise Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
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Aside from local residents, one third of the cemetery is set aside for Catholics who came from Mexico. The crude wooden crosses scattered at the rear of the cemetery identify these graves. The cemetery is the final resting place for many who died in the 1918 flu epidemic, Mexican-Catholics who had no other Catholic cemetery nearby, and military veterans.
The entire cemetery is sand and there are many visible mounds where the deceased have been buried but obviously not so deep.
Until the end of World War II, most graves were dug with a pick and a shovel. Gravediggers used to pour a milk can's worth of water on the ground, wait a few hours for it to sink in and then dig. They would repeat the process over and over again. As such, it often took the better part of two days to dig a standard 6-foot grave.
The cemetery currently has nearly 1000 gravesites and has been in continuous use since its founding in 1915. Many of Scottsdale's pioneer families and prominent citizens are buried there.
Aside from local residents, one third of the cemetery is set aside for Catholics who came from Mexico. The crude wooden crosses scattered at the rear of the cemetery identify these graves. The cemetery is the final resting place for many who died in the 1918 flu epidemic, Mexican-Catholics who had no other Catholic cemetery nearby, and military veterans.
The entire cemetery is sand and there are many visible mounds where the deceased have been buried but obviously not so deep.
Until the end of World War II, most graves were dug with a pick and a shovel. Gravediggers used to pour a milk can's worth of water on the ground, wait a few hours for it to sink in and then dig. They would repeat the process over and over again. As such, it often took the better part of two days to dig a standard 6-foot grave.
The cemetery currently has nearly 1000 gravesites and has been in continuous use since its founding in 1915. Many of Scottsdale's pioneer families and prominent citizens are buried there.
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 56986
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