WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
SILVER REEF PROTESTANT CEMETERY
Silver Reef, Utah
LOCATION
Silver Reef, UT37° 14.727' North Latitude, 113° 21.730' West Longitude
Directions:
Go north on Main Street in Leeds to the Oakgrove / Silver Reef road (just off I-15 Exit 24).
Take the first road to the left, you will see a Lions Club sign showing the road to the pioneer cemeteries.
Take the dirt road and make left turns.
The cemetery is 2.5 tenths of a mile west of the Lions Club sign.
HISTORY
Restoration of the Silver Reef Pioneer Cemeteries was a project of the Lions Club of Leeds. Initial clearing and boundary marking began in January 1998. 192 volunteers amassed 672 work hours on five scheduled Saturdays. Eleven members of the Lions Club of Leeds amassed 398 work hours on nine scheduled workdays. The Chairman amassed 432 hours. Mr. Ray Crosby of Provo donated all of the old barn wood. Enough old barn wood was cleaned and cut to fabricate over 1,100 feet of picket fencing. Included where 170 2 inch x 4 inch x 12 inch rails and 1532 4 inch x 4 inch pickets. They also made over 60 crosses of 2 feet x 6 feet of material to make the unknown grave. They used over 82 6 feet cedar posts, 50 pounds of galvanized nails, and 22 bags of concrete and ceramic tiles from old Mexico road signs.A guest book was added in 1999.
In the Silver Reef Protestant Cemetery, there are 11 graves with tombstones and 32 grave unknown markers.
PHOTOS
Photos on the web:Photo of the Lions Club sign for the Pioneer Cemeteries
Photo of the Lions Club interpretive sign for the Pioneer Cemeteries
Photo of the entrance gate to the Silver Reef Protestant Cemetery
Photo of the entrance gate to the Silver Reef Protestant Cemetery
Photo of the Silver Reef Protestant Cemetery
Photo of the Silver Reef Protestant Cemetery
Photo of a mine supervisor's grave at the Silver Reef Protestant Cemetery
GRAVES
Plot map of the Silver Reef Protestant CemeteryBurial list from the Washington County, Utah Tombstone Project
Burial list from Find A Grave
Burial list from the Utah Gravestones Project
REFERENCES
Find A GraveWashington County, Utah Tombstone Project