Prospect Hill Cemetery/Cheesman Park
Location: Downing ST, York ST, Colfax AVE, 8th AVE | Denver, Colorado
Founded: 1875
Current State: Abandoned, Currently Cheesman Park
In the late 19th century, the land that is now Cheesman Park was Prospect Hill Cemetery, which also included the land that is now the Denver Botanical Garden and Congress Park further east. The long-disused cemetery was converted to a park which opened in 1907, after city planners felt it would provide an amenity to new residents as land development moved east of the central city. The park was originally named for the US Congress who gave permission to change the cemetery to a park and was renamed Cheesman Park in honor of Denver pioneer Walter Cheesman whose family donated the funds for the neoclassical pavilion on the eastern side of the park in his honor shortly after his death.
Toledo Asylum For The Insane | Toledo State Hospital
Location: Along Arlington/Byrne Road | Toledo, Ohio
Years Active: 1888-1973
Current State: Demolished in 1981
2000 people where buried here when they were not claimed by family members. Their graves were not named, but numbered. In historical records the numbers are associated with names.
In 1922 the first cemetery was out of room.
1973 the new cemetery was forgotten and left
Old Agency Cemetery
Location: East Side of State Highway 69 just south of Muskogee Turnpike | Muskogee, Oklahoma
Founded: 1858
Current State: Abandoned, Neglected
The cemetery contains the remains of African Creek people who were part of the force removal to Indian Territory in the 1830’s and who were enslaved by the Muscogee Creek Nation Tribe. In 1866 these people were freed by the Treaty of 1866 and went on to be prominent citizens of the Muscogee Nation.
