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
Gahagen, A. Percy 16 184 1  
Gahagen, LoDema 17 184 11  
Gahagen, Russell Albert 17 184 12  
Gallegos, Philip 15 169    
Gallegos, Richard 16 177    
Gallegos, Robert Joseph 16 177    
Gallegos, Tony 15 169    
Galnan, John   (Child) 9 88    
Gamboa, Eric 18 198 5  
Gaona, Jessie 16 171 10  
Gaona, Serapio A 16 171 11  
Garcia, Addie   191 11  
Garcia, Anthony 14 14N 1  
Garcia, Anthony Paul 18 196 3  
Garcia, Antonia 17 192 7  
Garcia, Christine 18 200 6  
Garcia, Cruz 14 14N 2  
Garcia, Elogia C   227 12  
Garcia, Emma 19 219    
Garcia, Frances 19 217 5  
Garcia, Ida 16 177    
Garcia, Joe R   245 2  
Garcia, Joseph Daniel   14N 5  
Garcia, Lee 17 191 12  
Garcia, Martin   245 1  
Garcia, Petra 18 196 12  
Garcia, R Maria 21 244 6  
Garcia, Samuel 20 227 12  
Garcia, Santiago 15 15N 4  
Garcia, Simona   14N 6  
Garcia, Teresa   220 2  
Gardner, Harold C   94 9  
Gardner, Sylvia A   15N 11  
Garner, Albert 2 2W 8  
Garner, Albert   19W 10  
Garner, Sarah M   2W 8  
Garner, Tulless 1 2W 9  
Garrett, Bernice   15 2  
Garrett, Roy   15W 1  
Garrison, Baby Boy        
Garza, Robert Anthonoy   254 1  
Gates, Alta M   17W 11  
Gates, Elmer Dale   17W 10  
Gates, James W 1 17W 12  
Geiser, Alma   79 3  
Geiser, John Robert   79 2  
Genua, Joseph P   129 9  
Genua, Lois Alena   129 2  
Gerhardt, Fred G   210 9  
Gerhardt, Frederick 19 210 3  
Gerhardt, George H   210 2  
Gerhardt, Georgia May 19 210 11  
Gerhardt, Hattie F   210 8  
Gerhardt, Marie Christine   210 4  
Gerhardt, Mollie 19 210 1  
Gesterling, Margaret Alice Marie   119 7  
Gesterling, Victor E   119 8  
Giesick, Chauntelle Leann   WC2 1  
Gile, C.H. 3 2 1  
Gilfallan, John A   235 7 2/25/1997
Gilfillan, A John 21 235 8  
Gilfillan, M Zella 21 235 9  
Gillespie, Geo W 14 151 1  
Gillespie, Isabel Sarah 14 151 2  
Gillfoyle, Mary 6 51 6  
Gilman, Alonzo William   215 5  
Gilman, Betty Jean 19 215    
Gilman, Eva   215 5 11/17/2000
Ginther, Baby 17 195    
Ginther, Rose Ida 19 219    
Glazer, John D  (Child) 7 63    
Gleason, Frank J 6 46 6  
Gleason, Harriett B 6 46 5  
Goderas, Francisco 20 222    
Goetz, Myrtle L   40 6  
Gomez (Baby) 19 219    
Gomez, Aneta 20 222    
Gomez, Filipe 20 224    
Gomez, Julian 19 219    
Gonzales, Carmalita   168 2  
Gonzales, Delores 13 139 9  
Gonzales, West 17 17N                             
Gonzalez, Miguel   264 3  
Goodro, Patricia Johann   259 9  
Goodsell, Dudley C   227 1  
Goodsell, Shirley D   227 2 11/10/2002
Goodwin, Clyde B   15N 9  
Goodwin, Eula   15N 8  
Goracke, Flora 11 114 4  
Goracke, John 11 114 3  
Gottsweller, Louise 2 10W 2  
Gottsweller, Michael 2 10W 1  
Graber, Mary Elizabeth 2 38 3  
Graham, Jack DeWit   210 10  
Graves, Anna B 5 28 1  
Gray, Earl  (baby) 11 116    
Gray, Edna May   173 11  
Gray, James William 16 173 9  
Gray, Luctia Lela 16 173 10  
Gray, William Paul   173 12  
Greenburg, Peter 11 108 1  
Greene, Ellen 15 166 5  
Greenup, Wilbur 14 147 6  
Grewell, Edith Pritchard   157 10  
Griffith, Henry 16 179 6  
Grund, Lyda E 4 16   4/5/2007
Grund, Lydia 11 110    
Guahardo, Rita   145 7 8/1998
Guajardo, Guillermo   145 8  
Guillen, Juan 14 144    
Gurule, Josephine 6 43 11  
Gustafason, Siever 11 112 7  
Gustafson, Addie C   112 11  
Gustafson, Carl Sr 11 112 4  
Gustafson, Emma   112 5  
Gustafson, James Larry 11 112 9  
Gustafson, Laura Addison 11 112 7  
Gustafson, Martin Alfred 11 112 6  
Gustafson, Reuben   250 8  
Gutierrez, Alde   247 1  
Gutierrez, Stephen 23 273 1  
Gwartney, Florence   69 3  
Gwyn, F. J. 14 156 4