Between the early 1860's and mid-1875, the deceased of Tucson were buried in a cemetery in downtown Tucson. In preparation for construction, Pima County excavated the historic cemetery in 2006, and almost 1200 of the exhumed individuals were reburied at All Faiths in February, 2010. Each individual was reburied in a separate container. The names of most of the individuals were known from existing burial and death records. No identifying headstones or markers were found, and no personal items were recovered that provided identification.
Between the early 1860's and mid-1875, the deceased of Tucson were buried in a cemetery in downtown Tucson. In preparation for construction, Pima County excavated the historic cemetery in 2006, and almost 1200 of the exhumed individuals were reburied at All Faiths in February, 2010. Each individual was reburied in a separate container. The names of most of the individuals were known from existing burial and death records. No identifying headstones or markers were found, and no personal items were recovered that provided identification.
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