07-31-2019, 01:11 AM
(07-30-2019, 02:16 PM)Duchess Wrote:(07-30-2019, 01:34 PM)MirahM Wrote: I wonder why it is not maintained.
Maybe those who would have cared about it are gone. Did you see a house of worship nearby? That cemetery sounds interesting and I'm curious to know how old it is.
Actually I did find info about it earlier-and thought I could copy/paste but I could not. Let me try to put some info here now. It is fascinating and sad. : (
Okay, here are some details and a link. There is someone who documents cemetaries and geneologies. The Cemetery lies just east of Lake Chelan next to the Mill Bay Resort.
It is cared for by the owner of the resort, William Evans who said it was never dedicated and really has no name.
The cemetery was started following the formation of a church at this site, by early Catholic missionaries, adding the burial place next to the church. In 1952 the church was destroyed by fire, leaving only the cemetery on the site.
The first burials were primarily the Wapato family, who are members of the Moses Band of the Colville Indians.
In later years additional people were reburied here, displaced from other burial sites.
(Some moved from Chelan Falls from a construction site in 1985. And some moved from the Wells Damn Project in 1999.)
They don't even have names.
The link lists all of those that are buried there.
http://www.mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/chelan/manson/manson.htm
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