Tooele's First Cemetery

No one knows exactly who lies here, or where. Between 1850 and 1867 the people of Tooele and Rush Valley buried their dead here without selling plots or setting permanent markers — each family simply dug the next open space. When a new city cemetery opened in 1867, about fifty-five of the graves were moved; the rest stayed, their locations already forgotten. As the town grew, construction kept disturbing them, and the remaining graves were gathered and reburied. A memorial garden now keeps the spot, honoring the roughly hundred pioneers whose names outlasted the knowledge of where they sleep.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Bingham Canyon Mine — 8.1 mi
  The largest man-made excavation on Earth
• Great Salt Lake — 19 mi
  The largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere
• Saltair — 20 mi
  A haunting lakeside resort with a storied past
• International Peace Gardens — 24 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature

More markers nearby

• Stockton (3) Markers — 5.4 mi
• Bingham Canyon — 8.3 mi
• Adobe Rock — 10.0 mi
• Rock Monument (Ophir Mail Drop) — 10 mi