Mizpah Cemetery

Platteville, Weld County, Colorado

 

Located 1/2 mile East of Platteville on Weld County Road 32 in Township 3, Range 66, Section 18. The Platteville Mizpah Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in Weld County that is still in use. It is operated by the Town of Platteville. Originally called the Sandhill Cemetery by the pioneers, it was renamed Mizpah Cemetery after 1926. In 1926, the Mizpah Club made the improvement of the cemetery their club project. With the club as a driving force, cemetery improvement became a community project. Trees, shrubs, and grass were planted as money became available. A WPA project in 1939 fenced the cemetery and installed the first rock gateway. The second rock gateway was built and dedicated to the memory of the area servicemen who lost their lives in World War II.
An unknown person is the first recorded burial, the first named burial was in 1873. Persons associated with the nearby fur trading posts and Fort Vasquez may have been buried on the hill as early as the 1840s. A local folklore heroine named Rattlesnake Kate is buried in Mizpah Cemetery. One day in 1925, she killed 140 rattlesnakes on her way to a pond with her son. The snakes were collected and the skins were used to make a dress, which she wore to many functions. Her story is on file with the Platteville Pioneer Museum. 

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Name Row Lot Space Notes
Egner, Adolph 7 59 1 Son of Wm D 
Egner, Anna 7 59 4  
Egner, Children of WD and Mary E
Egner, Elizabeth Mary 7 59 11  
Egner, William G 7 59 12 Son of Wm and Mary 
Egner, GregoEgner, G Wmr 7 59 3  
Egner, Harold David 7 60 11  
Egner, M Anna 7 59 1  
Egner, Raymond L 7 59 7  
Egner, Rose Elizabeth 7 59 7  
Egner, Rose M
Egner, Wm 7 59 2  
Eilers, Marion   247 2A 1/8/1998
Eilers, Virgil Charles   247 2E  
Eiselstein, Carl 14 148 3  
Eiselstein, Elizabeth   148 5  
Eiselstein, Minnie   148 4  
Eiselstein, Regina 14 148 2  
Eisenach, Ashley Alene   139 12  
Eisenach, John   68 10 12/24/1911  2/6/2007
Eisenach, Doris Jean
Elliott, A Verne 2 5W 3  
Elliott, Adonis N 4 25 10  
Elliott, Allen Eugene 2 2W 12  
Elliott, Amy 4 25 1  
Elliott, Baby 4 26 8  
Elliott, Bennie 4 26 9  
Elliott, Coyle Montgomery 4 26 7  
Elliott Baby 1883
Elliott Baby 1887
Elliott, Creta Smith 2 5W 4  
Elliott, A Verne and Creta Double stone
Elliott, David W 4 25 3  
Elliott, Elsa   25 6 3/18/1902
Elliott, Ernest 4 25 2  
Elliott, Fannie K
Elliott, Floyd 4 26 10  
Elliott, Gretchen M   5W 3  
Elliott, Guy Alvin 4 26 12  
Elliott, Ivan Jack 1 16W 3  
Elliott, Jane 4 25    
Elliott, Jay  (James E) 4 25 11  
Elliott, John 4   2  
Elliott, John K
Elliott, Jay Cay 4 26 5 Son of John and Fannie 
Elliott, Katherine Tanner 4 26 6  
Elliott, Lela B   26 2  
Elliott, Lloyd C   26 1 12/27/1999
Elliott, Mary Elizabeth   26 11  
Elliott, Roy Hixon   2W 3  
Elliott, Vade 4 25    
Elliott, Zoe M
Endsley, Elihu A   170    
Endsley, Elizabeth   238 9  
Endsley, J Abraham 21 238 10  
Engel, Kern Sylvia 5 36 5  
Espinosa, Diego 16 16N 6  
Espinosa, Gloria 19 219    
Espinosa, Mary 20 222    
Estanado, Soledad 19 221    
Evans, Arnold 15 163 2  
Evans, Della M 9 89 3  
Evans, Father 15 169 10  
Evans, Freddie 15 163 9  
Evans, Infant 9 89 4 1897 
Evans, Leroy Worth   163 8  
Evans, Maxine Vivian   163 7  
Everett, Geo H 5 35 2  
Everett, John 5 35 3