Fitch Cemetery
Fitch Cemetery | |
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| Nearest city | Eureka, Utah |
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| Coordinates | 39°56′14″N 112°09′07″W / 39.93722°N 112.15194°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1920 |
| MPS | Tintic Mining District MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003471[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 14, 1979 |
The Fitch Cemetery, near Eureka, Utah, was established in 1920. It is also known as the Eureka Cemetery.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
It is a private cemetery, which is not typically eligible for National Register listing. But the 1977 nomination asserts that "the Fitch burial area represents a most unique factor in U. S. mining history; namely, the fact that an entrepreneurial family not only lived in the locale of their mine but also are buried there. In fact, in 1975 a member died in New York, and the remains were flown to Utah for internment [sic] at the family cemetery."[3]
It includes a headstone for Walter Fitch (1854-1937) and Exilda Fitch (1857-1948).[3]
It is located on Utah State Route 36, to its north.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ As appears in Google maps.
- ^ a b Philip. F. Notarianni (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of the Tintic Mining District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 12, 2019. (Linked text is extract from full document here. Fitch Cemetery covered on pages 1-2 in appendix: Individual Sites in the Tintic Multi Resource District.) With accompanying photo from 1977
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