Historic Citizens Cemetery - 1864

I have always loved cemeteries, even as a child.  There's something special about them, the energy, the history and the stories it can tell you about the town.  Citizens Cemetery in the old west town of Prescott, Arizona is like that...history everywhere.  And the town celebrates this history with their annual Reenactments.  

Reenactor at
Citizens Cemetery

Days Past:  Citizens Cemetery holds a century and a half of history

On June 2, 1864, the local newspaper, The Miner, noted that the Hon. Joel Woods, a visiting legislator from Colorado, was accidentally shot and killed in the forest near town while on a hunting expedition.  He was buried "in a beautiful ground just east of town which will be reserved for a public cemetery."

This was the beginning of Citizens Cemetery located at 815 E. Sheldon St. in Prescott.  To find out more please click on the link below:  

Days Past: Citizens Cemetery



Days Past:  Reenactors to resurrect Prescott pioneers at citizens Cemetery

In 1864, local residents came together to establish the City of Prescott.  In June of that year, the need arose to bury a pioneer, Joel Woods, in what would become Citizens Cemetery.  He was the first of many men and women who would be laid to rest there.

Unlike the storied "Boot Hill" of elsewhere, citizens Cemetery was to boast few notorious occupants.  Instead, everyday pioneers would be interred here.

During the reenactment others will come back from the grave as part of the program.  Check back on A Haunting Experience Tours for dates of the upcoming dates for 2014.  You will have fun and learn something new about this wonderful town.

This was the beginning of Citizens Cemetery located at 815 E. Sheldon St. in Prescott.    To find out more please click on the link below:  

Days Past: Reenactors to resurrect Prescott

A Haunting Experience Tours touch on stories of some of the people buried here at Citizens Cemetery as well as the location where some took their last breath.  

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