BEAVER PARK CEMETERY: Penrose, CO
The first burial at the Beaver Park Cemetery (also known as
Penrose Cemetery) is H. Lionel Barnhart in 1899. Prior to this time,
other cemeteries were used by the community of Beaver Park.
One of the first settlers to the area was John V. Callen and his family.
John was encouraged by the rich soil and available water. He felt it was
a good area to feed his stock and they started growing vegetables to be
hauled to the mining camps.
The Beaver Park Cemetery has approximately 652 burials with a few
unmarked graves. There are five Civil War Veterans, including Lafayette
Coffman, World War I, World War II and Korea. There are some who served in
other branches of the service without being in any war. The cemetery was
established in 1915.
This cemetery is maintained by volunteers and families. As I drove this cemetery
I came upon a grave of special interest to me. It was the grave of a young 35
year old firefighter. I was an EMT for a small volunteer city fire department
for a number of years and always admired the brave firefighters I took care of.
The container is small but should be easy to find.
Congrats to pandyandme for FTF!