Columbia Cemetery

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Meet the Spirits at Columbia Cemetery

Be afraid, be very afraid! Tom Horn, Rocky Mountain Joe, Mary Rippon, "Lady of the Evening" Marietta Kingsley and many other Columbia Cemetery "residents" will rise from the dead to tell their stories from noon to 5 p.m, Sunday, Oct. 12. 

Get into the Halloween spirit with Victorian mourners, funereal music, vintage hearses, and a reenactment of a solemn Masonic burial service by members of Columbia Lodge #14!

Ghost Hunters with ParaFPI-an elite TAPS Family team that is currently investigating the Cemetery-will also be on hand to demonstrate the equipment and techniques used in their "spirited" paranormal research.

Rain/snow date is Sunday, Oct. 19, from noon to 5 p.m.

This fun and educational event is sponsored by Historic Boulder, Inc. and the city of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children/students under 16, and are available in advance at Historic Boulder at 1123 Spruce Street in Boulder, or at Columbia Cemetery at Ninth and Pleasant Streets on University Hill on the day of the event. Proceeds will benefit Columbia Cemetery and Historic Boulder. For more information call 303-444-5192.

Featured Links

• Interactive Cemetery Map
• Burial Index
• Donate to help preserve Columbia Cemetery

About Columbia Cemetery

Situated on 10.5 acres at Ninth and Pleasant Streets, the Cemetery is a virtual "Who's Who" of early Boulder--a historic, cultural, and artistic resource containing the remains of many of our city's founders and pioneers.

Nearly 6,500 persons are interred in Columbia Cemetery. The gravestones are not simply inanimate markers of granite, marble, sandstone, or metal--they are narratives that reveal provocative clues about who we were, how we lived and died, what shaped our values, attitudes, and traditions. The epitaphs, engravings, and decorations provide insight into the minds and hearts of the hardy pioneers that have helped to make Boulder and Colorado what they are today.We invite you to browse the various links below to enhance your understanding and appreciation of Boulder's historic pioneer cemetery.     

Click on a letter below to browse surnames beginning with that letter:
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Cemetery Index courtesy of Boulder Genealogical Society.

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