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If these stones could talk : tales from Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado
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- Creator
- Mary Reilly-McNellan, Lise Cook Cordsen, Judith Gould Dayhoff, and Barbara Walsh Myers
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Boulder : Johnson Books, [2012]
- Physical Details
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- x, 177 pages pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781555664534, 1555664539
- OCLC
- ocn866765449
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- From Prairie Grass to Bluegrass -- "The Golden Gates Were Open, A Gentle Voice Said 'Come'" -- Written in Stone -- "Prepare For Death and Follow Me" -- Mysteries, Maladies, Crimes, and Tragedies -- Fallen Women of the "Demimonde" -- Finding a Foothold : Early Blacks of Boulder -- "Gone But Not Forgotten" : One-of-a-Kind Women and Memorable Men of Boulder -- Cemetery Conservation : Preserving Our "Sacred Grounds" -- Appendices. A: Cemetery Lot Numbers of Persons and Grave Markers Cited in Book (to be used with Map of Columbia Cemetery on back cover) -- B: Columbia Cemetery Symbolism
Subjects
- Columbia Cemetery (Boulder, Colo.) -- History -- Anecdotes.
- Sepulchral monuments -- Colorado -- Boulder -- History -- Anecdotes.
- Epitaphs -- Colorado -- Boulder -- History -- Anecdotes.
- Boulder (Colo.) -- History -- Anecdotes.
- Boulder (Colo.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
- Boulder (Colo.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.