Walk @ Riverside Cemetery

Let's walk around the cemetery to celebrate Halloween. I have never been to Riverside, but it has a rich history dating back to 1876. I have never been there, we will meet near the entrance where we park.
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Historic Riverside Cemetery, Fairmount’s sister site, dates back to 1876 and is the Denver area’s pioneer burial plot, holding the distinction of being Denver’s Pioneer Cemetery and the oldest operating cemetery.

Riverside is a reflection of the cultural diversity of the early settlers and is the final resting place of many of Colorado’s most notable citizens, including Clara Brown, Augusta Tabor, Miguel Otero, Barney and Julia Ford, Cpt. Silas Soule and Gov. John Evans, as well as 1,200 Civil War veterans and three Medal of Honor recipients.

Designated a National Historic District in 1994, Riverside was brought into the Fairmount family in the early 1900s and is the city’s oldest operating cemetery. Stroll through Riverside and you’ll find unique sculptures in granite, marble, limestone and bronze standing as guardians of Colorado’s history. Among the collection of irreplaceable funerary art is a rare zinc soldier monument, part of the largest known collection of zinc monuments in North America.

Thanks to our long history with the community and our impeccable reputation for providing compassionate, dignified care, we steward the memories and remains of some of the most notable citizens of Colorado.

These remains include those of:

• Clara Brown (1800 – 1885), a former slave turned philanthropist.
• Captain Silas Soule (1838 – 1865), a famous Union Army abolitionist and dear friend to Walt Whitman and John Brown.
• Miguel Antonio Otero (1829 – 1882), one of the New Mexico Territory’s most prominent businessmen and politicians.
• Augusta Tabor (1833 – 1895), the first white woman to live in a Colorado mining camp, the wife of Horace Tabor, the businessman and politician, and a noted philanthropist in her own right.
• Barney Ford (1822 – 1902), an escaped slave who became a civil rights pioneer and a wealthy Colorado businessman.

And many others. Civil War enthusiasts also know Riverside Cemetery as the final resting place for more than 1,200 Civil War veterans.

#### A History as Rich as its Clients

Riverside Cemetery started as a humble burial plot whose first office doubled as the on-site caretaker’s cottage. Our second office, which was occasionally used as a chapel and a holding tomb, was an old stone house on the premises.

The Fairmount family bought Riverside Cemetery in the early 1900s and commissioned renowned architect Frank Edbrooke to design an office, chapel, and crematorium. This building was eventually constructed in the Mission Prairie style.

Riverside is home to an unparalleled collection of rare and unique burial monuments, including the Lester Drake Cabin, the Baker Horse, the George Wise Monument, and the largest collection of zinc monuments found anywhere in the United States.

Indeed, a stroll through our grounds is tantamount to a stroll through the long and storied history of the state of Colorado. You will meet great figures from the past who shaped our present — and together, you can make plans for the future. In consideration of the many priceless treasures it stewards, Riverside Cemetery was declared a National Historic District in 1994.

• History of the Riverside Chapel, Crematorium and Office
• History of the "Old Stone House"