South Ark Funnies

Sally Blane

Milepost 214 on the D&RGW RR

Cactus Jack's View

Leadville's mayor Frank H. Bower died on July 16, 1888, of injuries sustained during Independence Day celebrations. Bower was struck by a firecracker or rocket while walking along Harrison Avenue with his wife. His widow commissioned one of Evergreen Cemetery's more imposing monuments for her spouse of just over a year. 'In memory of my husband Frank H. Bower,' reads the inscription on the temple-like monument. 'Born Dec. 25, 1860. Called from labor July 16, 1888.' (Photo by Stephen M. Voynick)

An unidentified child's grave in Evergreen Cemetery is a poignant reminde rof how frequently death took Leadville and Lake County children. (Photo by Stephen M. Voynick)

One of the first burials in Evergreen Cemetery was that of Sloan Lee, who died on Nov. 18, 1879, less than a week after the filing of Evergreen's incorporation papers. (Photo by Stephen M. Voynick)

Nicola and Joseph Prettie, victims of a cave-in at the Colonel Sellers Mine on June 2, 1886, are buied in Evergreen Cemetery's free Catholic section (Photo by Stephen M. Voynick)

One-hundred-year-old drill steels from local mine shave been used to support fence sections in Evergreen Cemetery. (Photo by Stephen M. Voynick)