Aunt Libby's Dog Cemetary (sic)

Horace Rockwell was the brother of Porter Rockwell, the gunman, but it is his wife who is remembered here — for something gentler. Libby kept the lonely stage stop at Lookout Pass, and having no children, she doted on a pack of little terriers she named for the famous: Jenny Lind, Josephine Bonaparte, Toby Tyler. When they died she buried them inside a stone wall beside three emigrant graves, two men and a child who never finished crossing the desert. The Rockwells left for California in 1890. Libby's dog cemetery is the only thing at Point Lookout still standing.

What the plaque says

Official Marker Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association No. 95 Erected Feb. 15, 1941 Burial Plot Enclosing graves (west side) of two men and a child, emigrants of the early eighteen sixties. Original wall erected in 1888, by Mrs. Horace (Aunt Libby) Rockwell, to shelter graves of her beloved dogs. 1. Jenny Lind, 2. Josephine Bonaparte, 3. Bishop, 4. Toby Tyler, companions in her lonely, childless vigils here. About 1866 to 1890. Erected by enrollees, U.S. Grazing Division, C. C. C. Camp G-154, Company 2517. Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association Tooele Tourism Tax Grant Sons of Utah Pioneers - Settlement Canyon Chapter SUP No. 239 Rededicated 2017

Where it stands

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