Fitch Cemetery | |
Nearest city |
Eureka,
Utah United States |
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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, located west of Eureka, Utah, United States, [2] was established in 1920 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
The cemetery 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 interment at the family cemetery." [3]
The cemetery includes a headstone for Walter Fitch (1854-1937) and Exilda Fitch (1857-1948). [3]
It is located on just off U.S. Route 6, but is more easily accessed by heading north off Utah State Route 36. [2]
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