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COUNTY IS OPEN FOR ADOPTION.
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COORDINATOR
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Rebecca
Maloney
"The Carbon Cemetery lies nine miles
southwest of the town of Medicine Bow in
Carbon County, Wyo. on private land. The
cemetery is small, only about five acres.
The landscape surrounding the cemetery is
relatively flat, covered in natural grasses,
with few trees. The old town of Carbon lies
over a rise just to the south, and is not
visible from the cemetery. Old foundations,
roads, mine ruins, and the cindered roadbed
of the original line of the Union Pacific
Railroad may be found in the town today. The
cemetery was most active from 1868 to 1902,
while people still lived in Carbon. The
cemetery has changed little since the 1940s,
when it began being used less frequently.
Family and friends continued to maintain
individual plots, however. The most recent
burial was in 1995, and there are some
prospective future burials." Learn more
about "The Carbon Cemetery" in the following
article by Stephanie Lowe for WyoHistory.org
https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/carbon-cemetery
The photo is by Richard Collier, of the
Wyoming Department of State Parks and
Cultural Resources.
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