Located 1/2 mile East of Platteville on Weld County Road 32 in Township 3, Range 66, Section 18. The Platteville Mizpah Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in Weld County that is still in use. It is operated by the Town of Platteville. Originally called the Sandhill Cemetery by the pioneers, it was renamed Mizpah Cemetery after 1926. In 1926, the Mizpah Club made the improvement of the cemetery their club project. With the club as a driving force, cemetery improvement became a community project. Trees, shrubs, and grass were planted as money became available. A WPA project in 1939 fenced the cemetery and installed the first rock gateway. The second rock gateway was built and dedicated to the memory of the area servicemen who lost their lives in World War II.
An unknown person is the first recorded burial, the first named burial was in 1873. Persons associated with the nearby fur trading posts and Fort Vasquez may have been buried on the hill as early as the 1840s. A local folklore heroine named Rattlesnake Kate is buried in Mizpah Cemetery. One day in 1925, she killed 140 rattlesnakes on her way to a pond with her son. The snakes were collected and the skins were used to make a dress, which she wore to many functions. Her story is on file with the Platteville Pioneer Museum.

Centennial State Chapter would especially like to thank Will Penfold for the hard work on his Eagle Scout project reading and transcribing inscriptions on all the stones.

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Name	Row	Lot	Space	Birth	Death/Burial
O'Bannon, Geneva I		7N	6	12 Jan 1915	11 Dec 1973
O'Bannon, John F		7N	5	11 Dec 1915	8 Dec 1975
O'Conner, Mrs.	6	48	7
O'Daniels, Alfred Lee		18	12	29 Nov 1910	23 Aug 1979
O'Dell, Owen Dow				6 Jan 1896	6 Aug 1975
O'Neil, Rose M		121	4	24 Jul 1891	15 Oct 1972
O'Neill, Christopher	17	188	5	1889	1932
O'Neill, Gertrude		188		1898	1982
O'Neill, Grace E		188	4	1893	19932
O'Neill, Thomas Wm	17	188	5	1891	1932
Odell, Owen Dow		1N	8	6 Jam 1898	6 Aug 1975
Odenbaugh, Carol				7 Jul 1942
Odenbaugh, Christina		202	3	7 Feb 1898	10 Jun 1977
Odenbaugh, Connie L		202	10	28 Jan 1960	2 Apr 1985
Odenbaugh, Earlene		73		18 Jul 1929
Odenbaugh, Gene Larry	18	202	7	1959	1959
Odenbaugh, Irene		254	4	1933	2004
Odenbaugh, Norman Leon	18	202	9	1927	1964
Odenbaugh, Pat Peter	18	202	8	2 Aug 1937	30 Jul 1934
Odenbaugh, Paul		254	3	1920	2005
Odenbaugh, Percy P				2 Aug 1937
Odenbaugh, Peter		202	6	1967	1932
Odenbaugh, Peter J		202	4	29 Aug 1896	27 Jun 1983
Odenbaugh, Stanley		73	10	9 Nov 1923	13 Jan 1997
Odenbaugh, Rose Walz	18	202	2	1868	1948
Oki, Frank S				1887	1960
Olin, Christy Lee	16	179	10	1 Aug 1963	24 Dec 1964
Olin, Fern M				31 May 1927
Olin, James		214	5	29 May	3 Jul 2002
Olin, Jeanette Marie	19	214	6		11 Aug 1946
Olin, Ray E		214	12	27 Jun 1934	29 Apr 2005
Olivas, Alvina Velasquez		218	11	27 Aug 1941	6 Nov 1995
Olson, Christiana	12	130	4
Olson, John Holger	12	130	2	22 Mar 1888	23 Jul 1954
Olson, Kerstin				1852	1906
Olson, Nels R	12	130	1	16 Jul 1875	25 Nov 1953
Olson, Olga	12	130	6	1894	1905
Olson, Olof	12	130	3	1852	1921
Ormiston, William R					24 Nov 1889
Ornate, Ysidro	20	224
Ortiz, Victoria P	20	227	11	1919	1962
Ottesen, Albert G				1903	1991
Ottesen, Christian Jeppe	7	57	3	1870	1951
Ottesen, Frank				1896	1981
Ottesen, Lena	7	57	4	1871	1954
Ottesen, Louella	7	57	3		25 Jan 1931
Ottesen, Nels	7	57	5	1891	1892
Owens, Helen Hyatt		149	12	5 Apr 1896	1 Sep 1988
Owenson, John	4	18