Show III i I 1 I If t f trw 1 I rw f t tM u f I l I I l I. I v if t tc c cr r roc t tot I I 01 n j Y on i Of c et C 85 I r v fO a i 1 I J 7 o J f ff nJ f HC 0 IT ITo I rn j cO rs r- r r i l' l J r. r I f i eo t 1 C Fry J t jF lr p U ph rn z T p 1 t J 1 j f i f i tt I r. r of r j. j H 0 U l' l k kJ ut K f w Il j rI t. t r. r f tt J H. H i t L J H J tf Ii d q nr r i- i h 3 1 y 4 7 ir I J T r zt L- L I q r i e 4 4 f I r I 1 D t j j I w wI ws I I s tit x M i Vv I i 11 nt b. Many tragedies occurred in the lives of Ephraim's early residents One of these events is recorded on a 3 marker In hi the PIo- PIo r Graveyards are for ghouls Ghouls are grave robbers robbers robbers rob rob- bers who dine on the dead Wrong Graveyards are for history buffs and genealogists One graveyard of particular historic Interest is Ephraim's Pioneer Cemetery north of the city Ephraim's centennial history history history his his- tory Ephraim's First One OneHundred OneHundred OneHundred Hundred Years Years- does not list the date when the cemetery was first established but gives the following account of the first burial which must have taken pla place e soon after 1854 The first man to die In Ephraim was Mane pronounced Man Warring There was no cemetery here at that time so they were on their way to take the dead to Spring City for burial On their way they were warned by some white men of approaching Indians and were told to dig a grave and bury him now Consequently a grave was dug and this is evidently when and how the old cemetery was started Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the Pioneer Cemetery I The old wooden crosses In the Pioneer Cemetery show the effects of time They bear no o record as to whose graves they J 1 neer Cemetery telling of seven persons 1 buried burled In one grave They had been victims vic tims of an Indian massacre Lonely Cemetery I Slides Into History is a monument erected over the grave of his parents and others killed by Indians October 17 1865 by William D. D Kuhre who at age two survived the massacre Martin Martin P. P Kuhre Hansine J. J Kuhre Elizabeth Peterson a girl in her teens Benjamin J. J Black William T. T lUte Hite William Thorpe and Soren N. N Jesperson victims of Chief Black Hawk and his braves are buried In a common grave The settlers were murdered when sixteen Utes rode out of the canyon to steal Ephraim's entire herd of cattle Apparently most of the pioneers who died In the raid were working in the fields when they were attacked The child who survived was reportedly found lying on his mothers mother's body Today the Pioneer Cemetery is not a green memorial where the dead rest peacefully The dead rest but under scorched weed-covered weed soil their bodies sometimes lying I beneath the remains of thrown- thrown I away beer bee cans i Wooden crosses on some of the graves are twisted their Inscriptions erased Other head headstones stones have crumbled with time Rickety picket fences surround some of the plots Others are outlined by rusted iron railings The cemetery made the headlines headlines headlines head head- lines a year ago when a monument monument monument ment was disturbed by vandals However an effort Is being made by a group of ot Ephraim's older citizens to Improve condi condi- Approximately 1700 has i been deposited In the bank where f. f It draws Interest as more funds are collected for fences planting planting planting plant plant- ing and obtaining access to water Cindy Nielson former Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim City Recorder has catalogued catalogued catalogued cata cata- the cemetery locating most of the graves and identifying identify identify- ing them Mayor George Allred hopes that eventually the unmarked unmarked un unmarked un- un marked graves will be located from a central point on the I grounds 0 I The mayor stated that It Is j club club- of hoped a contributors contributors contributors con con- can be begun and says that If If our plans work out it will be a nice place T. T I rr k l A f V r r t 10 A 1 5 y 1 r S y i C rr r I II A ml J mark These markers along with many of the stone monuments menu ments are rapidly deteriorating Ly SJ |