Zortman Part 3 - Cemetery in the Woods

Like the church, Zortman Cemetery is up a very steep hill but on the opposite end of town.

Above is the road to the cemetery.

A wooden fence outlines the cemetery which is up this narrow ravine.

I was surprised to see a cemetery in such a heavily wooded area.

About half way up the hill (and a lot of huffin' an' puffin' on the way up) I saw the wrought iron fence enclosure.

The owners (and close relations) of a lucrative goldmine in the Little Rockies are buried here.

I love the cast iron embellishments.

The fence is contoured to the landscape.

Nice spot for a sit down.

A few of the graves inside the fenced perimeter.

On my way back down the hill.

This is one of the Cadastral Survey markers that are placed at each of the four corners of the cemetery.  These are monuments that register the cemetery as a legal entity.  Someone was thinking ahead.

Photographed on October 19, 2018.