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
Taketa, George N		241	1	21 Jan 1888	16 1975
Talbert, Charles L		89	5	21 Sep 1847	6 Nov 1991
Talbert, Harold		187	9	14 Jan 1916	13 Nov 1984
Talbert, Inez V				14 Nov 1918	30 Jun 1996
Talbert, Jesse Leonard	6	41	3	12 Apr 1904	29 Nov 1962
Talbot, Lena May		3N	6
Tappan, Joetta Rae	1	9W	4
Tarren, Arthur	19	221
Taylor Gary Dean		WC2	10
Taylor, Addie	14	146	5	1873	1964
Taylor, Anne		137	3	2 Mar 1950	11 Jun 1996
Taylor, Baby	14	146	7
Taylor, Cindy Diane		WC2	9	29 Jul 1958	23 Mar 1986
Taylon, Diane Carroll				20 Nov 1945	7 Sep 1997
Taylor, Edna Mae		76	8	2 Dec 1898	22 Apr 1986
Taylor, Elaine		WC2	10	27 Nov 1914	21 Oct 1997
Taylor, Fred
Taylor, George Jr		WC2	10	1 Nov 1933	5 Oct 1996
Taylor, George Sr.		WC2	10	3 Sep 1909	7 Mar 1998
Taylor, Joseph Sherman	14	146	4	1867	1933
Taylor, Jamie Marie				3o Jun 1973	31 Mar 1997
Taylor, Shelbi Rae		WC2	9	9 Jul 1996	31 Mar 1997
Taylor, Sherman Cleaston	14	146	8	31 Dec 1906	31 Oct 1936
Taylor, William Alfred  (Fred)	8	76	9	13 Jul 1899	7 Aug 1970
Tell, Emma	10	94	1	7 Jan 1874	5 Jun 1960
Tell, George B	10	94	2	1862	1938
Tell, Infant son	18	207	7
Tell, Sarah A	10	94	4	1872	1936
Tell, Sarah E	10	94		1874	1948
Tell, Wm W	10	94		1860	1939
Temple, Milton Edgar	5	32	1	29 Mar 1891	14 Oct 1918
Temple, Ralph Hale	5	32	2	5 Mar 1893	23 Nov 1918
Terry, Albert	11	105	2		14 Dec 1915
Terry, Alice Beatrice		100	3	15 Nov 1898	30 Jan 1989
Terry, Amy Louise		WC2	7	2 Jun 1927	15 Dec 2003
Terry, Betty June	10	100	10	1927	1928
Terry, Eugene		13W	5	27 Jan 1929	2 May 1929
Terry,  Irene	1	13W	4	13 Jul 1913	7 May 1955
Terry, George C.	10	100	2	11 Dec 1857	22 Sep 1925
Terry, Howard	11	105	1	7 May 1910	12 Aug 1912
Terry,  Joe Skylor				11 May 1920	11 Jan 1997
Terry, Laura Ellen	11	105	11	31 Oct 1884	11 Sep 1970
Terry, Ollie  Lee	10	100	11	1889	1953
Terry, Marjorie Lou	11	105	3	7 Nov 1933	5 Mar 1936
Terry, Mary	10	100
Terry, Milby	1	13W		18 Dec 1908	3 Jul 1997
Terry, Ray	10	100
Terry, William R	10	100	12	1884	1956
Thatcher, Alonzo	8	74
Thatcher, Elizabeth	8	74	6	1819	1899
Thayer, Darrel Allen		152	1	11 Sep 1963	16 Jul 1976
Thomas, Catherine	11	106		1868	1933
Thomas, J. Joseph	12	118	12	1869	1934
Thomas, Alida Elliott	9	92	1	9 Nov 1894	1 Apr 1916
Thomas, Marguerite P		106	6	1908	1979
Thomas, William James	11	106		1866	1927
Thornley, Christopher M		252	1	14 Apr 1989	9 Dec 1998
Thornton, Minnie E	12	129	6	1880	1969
Thornton, Robert	12	129	5	1864	1946
Thorpe, Emmett				19 May 1876	23 May 1960
Thorpe, Nolia C	3	12W	8	8 Aug 1877	8 Sep 1964
Thralkeld, Josephine E	9	81	3	1881	1964
Threlkeld, Jacqueline		81	10	4 Jan 1938	1 Oct 2002
Threlkeld, Jay		81	11	26 May 1934	25 Jun 1998
Threlkeld,l John				1908	1976
Threlkeld, Leona D		81	10	1905	1977
Tjaden, Steven Ray		30	1	14 Feb 1961	5 Apr 2003
Tochihara, Grace S				11 Feb 1935
Tochihara, Sam S				17 Dec 1931	15 Jan 2003
Toothaker, . Wayne A	2	8W	4	26 May 1921	20 Jun 1947
Toothaker, Allen B	1	6W	5	8 Dec 1885	14 Jun 1966
Toothaker, Eva Miles				3 Nov 1892	27 Feb 1982
Torres, Edward		246	1	12 Jan 1988	25 Jan 1991
Tovar, Vincenta Juarez				18 Feb 1904	12 Mar 1937
Tow, Eugene Porter		4N	12	1909	1976
Tow, Lillie Mae		13	4
Trout, Ira Glen	3	3N	5	7 May 1902	15 Mar 1965
Trout, Tena M				2 Jul 1902	8 Mar 1965
Trujillo, Albert Gilbert				21 Jun 1942	3 Nov 2008
Trujillo, Edward	16	177
Trujillo, Margarito	9	91	5	1905	1916
Tulp, Judson Thay	4	18
Turknett, Edna B				10 Feb 1925
Turner, Nellie Jones	10	98		1877	1937
Turner, James				1874	1939
Turner,  James Ward	14	150	9	1869	1949