Mount Olivet Cemetery
Halloween, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
Mount Olivet Cemetery was created by the US Congress in 1874. (It's across from the Rice-Eccles Stadium where the opening ceremony of the 2004 Winter Olympics Games was held.) The most important reasons to establish the cemetery were the tension between the Mormon and non-Mormon communities and the disputes about the federal presence in Utah Territory. The cemetery was created on a 20-acre corner of the military post Fort Douglas. (The documents were signed by President Grant and the Secretary of War.
The basically non-Mormon cemetery was opened in 1877. (Later many members of LDS church were buried here.) During its creation no city water would be used. The original cemetery rules still hold today. (You can't hitch your horse to the trees and during funeral services the driver of the carriage must stay with the horses.)
The cemetery is managed by a board representing six churches and the commander of Fort Douglas. Originally each church had one acre to their people. There is also a parcel for the veterans of the Civil War. The Masonic fraternity uses the cemetery too, they also have a meditation area here.
Many animals live in this green "island". You can easily spot a deer or a badger here.
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Halloween, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
Mount Olivet Cemetery was created by the US Congress in 1874. (It's across from the Rice-Eccles Stadium where the opening ceremony of the 2004 Winter Olympics Games was held.) The most important reasons to establish the cemetery were the tension between the Mormon and non-Mormon communities and the disputes about the federal presence in Utah Territory. The cemetery was created on a 20-acre corner of the military post Fort Douglas. (The documents were signed by President Grant and the Secretary of War.
The basically non-Mormon cemetery was opened in 1877. (Later many members of LDS church were buried here.) During its creation no city water would be used. The original cemetery rules still hold today. (You can't hitch your horse to the trees and during funeral services the driver of the carriage must stay with the horses.)
The cemetery is managed by a board representing six churches and the commander of Fort Douglas. Originally each church had one acre to their people. There is also a parcel for the veterans of the Civil War. The Masonic fraternity uses the cemetery too, they also have a meditation area here.
Many animals live in this green "island". You can easily spot a deer or a badger here.