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Truckee, California Cemeteries

Pam Hawley Marlin September 2021

Photos of the Sierra Mountain Cemetery and the Old Truckee Catholic Cemetery.

 

Sierra Mountain Cemetery

The beautiful grave stones in this well kept cemetery tell the stories of western pioneers. A dedication plaque on the stone entrance reads, "The Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges each established cemeteries here in 1869 or 1870 to provide a burial place for their deceased. Catholics established a cemetery to the southwest. Pioneers and prominent citizens were buried within the original fenced cemetery grounds, the less reputable were buried outside the fences. Stories abound of the bodies placed in snowbanks or ice houses awaiting the ground thaw. The Truckee Cemetery District was formed in 1946 and received title to the land and named the cemetery in 1964. In 1954 the original site increased in size despite the best efforts of the community to prevent the townsfolk from dying."

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

 

Old Truckee Catholic Cemetery

This cemetery is located just south of Sierra Mountain Cemetery

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021

Truckee Cemetery. P Marlin 2021