Goodsprings Cemetery (Nevada)

The Goodsprings Cemetery consists of 1.33 acres and is an old, continuing cemetery located southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada seven miles from Jean and just before entering the town of Goodsprings. [ [http://gisgate.co.clark.nv.us/openweb/asp/openweb.asp?getParcel=20225301007 OpenWeb Info Mapper ] ]

History

The cemetery was in use long before A.J. Robbins donated the property to the town in 1913 with the earliest marked burial dating to December 27, 1890 for that of Anna Nimmer. [ [http://goodsprings.org/cemetery/cemetery2s.php?p=nimmer Goodsprings, NV Cemetery ] ]

The cemetery has been investigated by the "Las Vegas Society of Supernatural Investigations" for signs of those "who have left this mortal realm". [cite news |first= Heidi Knapp |last= Rinella |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Las Vegas group sets out to prove there's something beyond the grave |url= http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Oct-28-Thu-2004/living/25089540.html |work= |publisher= Las Vegas Review-Journal |date= 2004-10-28 |accessdate=2007-07-01 ]

Notable residents

George Fayle, [ [http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2005/dec/03/519760396.html] ] who built the Fayle Goodsprings Hotel in 1916, and Jean Fayle, for whom the town of Jean was named, are buried there along with many war veterans. [ [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Nevada/clark/goodsprngs/indices/gdspgs2.txt] ] [ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/nv/clark/1910/ed07-01a.txt]

References

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Nevada/clark/goodsprings/indices/gdspgs2.txt GS Cemetery May 2000]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Nevada/clark/goodsprings/indices/gdspgcem.txt GS Cemetery Nov 2000]

External links

* [http://goodsprings.org/cemetery/cemetery2s.php Goodsprings, NV Cemetery]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Nevada/county_pages/ruralcem.html Tombstone Project: Rural Clark County]