WHG&HS Tours the Beulah Cemetery in June!
From the Beulah Historical Society's website:
"Beulah Cemetery was established in 1869 with a half acre donation of land by John Jacob Sease in honor of his niece Mary Sease, who was the first person to be interred at the sunny site located on the north side of Signal Mountain. Official latitude = 38.04.24N 104.58.02W, or more locally known as Cemetery Road (County Road 233).
Suffering from tuberculosis, Mary Sease lived in Mace's Hole (changed to 'Beulah' in 1876) for five years before her death. A worshiper of nature's beauties and possessing poetic fancies, Mary often went to a sunny slope which lay in the southeast end of the valley. It was her custom to sit there as she watched the ever-changing panorama of the earth and sky. In her love for the spot she requested that she might be buried there and Mr. Sease, who owned the land, assured her that it would become her last resting place.
A landmark of interest is the stone marking her grave, with its inscribed epitaph expressing the thoughts of her dear ones.
Mary Sease
Born Jan 28 1851
Died June 30 1869
"Let me die the death of the righteous,
And let my last end be like hers.
Her body rests beneath the sod,
In Colorado's soil.
Her soul's in Heaven with her God,
By death she's gained great spoils.
(Mace's Hole, The Way It Was To Beulah, The Way It Is)"
We had a great tour given to us by Kris Allen, Caretaker of the Beulah Cemetery.
You can see some of the photos we took in the Beulah Cemetery Album HERE
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