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
Paiz, Anthony L		168	10
Paiz, Cresecnsia	20	223	12	2 May 1886	22 Jul 1969
Paiz, Delores				1916	1959
Paiz, Juan				1908	1947
Paiz, Natividad Reyes (Nancy)		168	9	25 Dec 1922	29 Jul 1994
Paiz, Tony L				11 Feb 1911	29 Jul 1994
Palmer, Jerry	2	3W	12	18 Aug 1894	13 Jan 19950
Palmer, Leota Mae		3W	2	20 Jan 1900	3 May 1983
Parker, Nora	3	2
Parker, Anna J	3	2
Parker, Louis	3	2
Parker, William Eugene		162	9	10 Mar 1931	14 Aug 1987
Pate, Amelia Julia	7	63	8	1884	1968
Pate, Mead J		63	7	1890	1974
Patrie, Grace P	14	152	4	1892	1969
Patrie, Royce C	14	152	3	1893	1964
Patten, Frank H	13	131	5	27 Dec 1906	14 Sep 1964
Patten, Ralph		131	7	15 Jun 1933	22 May 2006
Patten, Ronald Ray	12	129	12	14 Apr 1935	15 Nov 1062
Patten, Wanda L		131	4	6 Jun 1937
Pearson, Gail Lumer				2 Jun 1909	18 May 1984
Paulsen, Fred	9	80
Pearl, Ronald Allen		259	10
Pease, Ansley	13	132	8	1859	1930
Pease, Clarence Guy	13	132	3	1880	1956
Pease, Margaret	13	132	7	1852	1954
Pease, Margaret Jane	13	132	12	1908	1913
Pease,  Hazel R	13	132	4	1888	1960
Pena, M Concocio Penaflor	9	91	4	15 Aug 1915	17 May 1916
Pena, Francisco	20	20N	4	1881	1963
Pena, Ursula		20N	3
Penfold, Jess M		72	9	1902	1985
Penfold, Lenore Joan				15 Jun 1938
Penfold, Pauline B	8	72	8	1898	1968
Penfold, Robert Lyn		72	10	2 Feb 1934	22 Jim 2--5
Perdieu, Newton Wm	5	31	4	1885	1930
Perdieu, Pearl H	5	31	3	1884	19??
Perdieu, Ethel A Hoffman	5	31		1883	1976
Peralez, Theodore Jr				1937	1938
Perez, Jesus				1890	1955
Perez, Joe		265	1
Perez, Tomasa P				1903	1929
Perino, Leann	23	264	12
Perino, Lee Roy				17 Feb 1938	17 Mar 2007
Perino, Mary Ann				12 Aug 1939
Perker, Linda	3	2
Peters, James Roy	17	186	10	1883	1966
Peters, Minnie				1883	1962
Peters, Robert Andrew		186	8	1908	1984
Peters, Wanda		186	1	1911	28 Apr 1998
Peterson, Fritz	3	9	3
Peterson, Hyde Oscar	12	117	4
Peterson, Valdmar	11	108	9	1893	1948
Peterson, Nels O	8	68
Peterson, Ruth M Sansom					3 Aug 1917
Peterson, Samuel	11	108	1		19 Nov 1902
Peterson, Sophia Caroline	11	108	10	1859	1930
Pettee, Anna B				1872	1944
Pettee, Orris K Jr	5	28	2	10 Jun 1892	19 Apr 1947
Pettee, Orris K Sr				1863	1922
Pettee, George Edson	5	28	1	18 Nov 1899	6 Jan 1968
Phelan, Rose M	9	89	8	1884	1971
Phelan, Thomas William	9	89	7	1884	1972
Phillippi, Betty June		9W	9	26 Jan 1925	11 Apr 1993
Phillipi, William				27 Jul 1871	7 May 1940
Pierre, August	10	92	6
Pingree, Geo W	15	164	1
Pitcher, Frank L		176	11	31 Mar 1927	9 Nov 1985
Pittington, Edward				29 Jun 1903	23 Oct 1950
Plasencio, Solodad	18	198	2	14 Oct 1887	1 Dec 1968
Plasencio, Susan	18	198	1	24 May 1884	15 Oct 1966
Poirot, Bessie May Blincow	4	21		8 Apr 1895	16 Sep 1965
Poirot, Gustav A	4	21	6	6 Mar 1887	15 Jan 1966
Poirot, Jack A	4	21	4	1925	1947
Ponder, Jefferson D				1861	1930
Pope, Edwin		101	8	1906	1987
Pope, Florence		101	7	1911	2004
Potts, William Nelson		8	5
Prater, Rose C	10	10N	6	3 Jun 1890	17 Dec 1967
Prater, Wilfred	10	10N	5	22 Nov 1887	10 Apr 1968
Pribula, George	1	12W	3	1898	1958
Pribula, Leilia May	W	12	4	1901	1997
Pritchard, Annie M				25 Jan 1885	8 Feb 1958
Pritchard, Barry John		128	11	27 Jul 1954	19 Mar 1989
Pritchard, David Allen	15	157	11	2 May 1893	13 May 1969
Pritchard, Edith Lillie				25 Dec 1893	8 Apr 1961
Pritchard, Elizabeth	15	157	3	1849	1927
Pritchard, Ernest E				11 Oct 1874	5 Aug 1958
Pritchard, Helen W		157	7	1884	1973
Pritchard, John	15	157	2	1843	1911
Pritchard, Jack Morris		128	3	29 Feb 1903	29 Feb 1980
Pritchard, John Thomas	14	157	8	1884	1972
Pritchard, Nettie P				1888	1957
Pritchard, Raymond Arthur	15	157	4
Pritchard, Robert Wm	12	128	1	1871	1936
Pritchard, Valerie S				4 Jan 1926
Pritchard, Wm J		148	7	10 Apr 1920
Pruess, Charley	20	216	12	31 Mar 1888	23 Sep 1971
Pruess, Elsie		216	11	15 Nov 1891	26 May 1978
Pumphrey, Agnes Johanna	14	153	6	13 Sep 1865	2 Dec 1953
Pumphrey, F. Benjamin	14	153	5	24 Aug 1861	6 Mar 1938
Pumphrey, Katie	14	153
Putney, G. L  (son)	9	78