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Beacon Hollow Cemetery

Memorials : 844
Location : Cherokee, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate : 42.7572057, -95.5727856
Description : Cherokee Mental Health Institute Cemetery Established 1902 Rededicated as Beacon Hollow Cemetery August 15, 2002 The first patients arrived at Cherokee Mental Health Institute in August of 1902. In September of 1902, the groundskeepers were directed to create a hospital cemetery, and the first patient deaths were recorded that same year. Several patients were buried in that cemetery in 1902, but it appears that those early gravestones were relocated after a nearby creek flooded the burial sites. Probably many patients died from pneumonia, syphilis, tuberculosis, old age, or cancer, all of which are readily treatable today. They were buried at the Cherokee Mental... Read More

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  • Where is Beacon Hollow Cemetery?

    Beacon Hollow Cemetery is located at Cherokee, Cherokee County ,Iowa ,USA.

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    19 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the Beacon Hollow Cemetery?

    Latitude: 42.7572057
    Longitude: -95.5727856

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