"When an access road was being built into the new Sparks fire station near the state hospital in January, it was necessary to cut through the old state hospital cemetery, resulting in a minor ruckus in Sparks. Hospital Supt. S.J. Tillim said Jan. 20 no records exist to disclose names for the many unmarked graves in the cemetery, which was opened in 1882, but had not been used since 1949. REG 1/1/1955
Article from NSJ September 1, 1977 provided by Arline Laferry, docent, Nevada Historical Society.
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