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Click here to view Cemetery Reference Material by Friends

Research Websites:

Link to "History" section of the Division of Mental Health website
http://mhds.nv.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=131&Itemid=184

Nevada Historic Preservation Office
http://nevadaculture.org/shpo/

University of Nevada - Reno, Special Collections
http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/

Nevada State Library and Archives
http://nevadaculture.org/nsla/

To view photographs of the hospital, cemetery photos and the remaining markers visit:  http://www.usgwarchives.net/nv/washoe/photos/tombstones/mental/mental.html

To view a list of presumed burials visit:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/nv/washoe/cemeteries/mentaldeathalpha.txt
http://files.usgwarchives.net/nv/washoe/cemeteries/mentaldeathyear.txt
(These lists are constantly being updated as new information is discovered.)

All known burials are being posted with indepth biographical information and transcripts of newspaper articles on
www.findagrave.com under "Nevada," "Northern Nevada Mental Health Cemetery."  This is an ongoing process as information is provided by researchers and families.

Read a first-hand account of the atrocities that occurred at the cemetery in the 1940s by author Dennis Cassinelli in his book Uncovering Archaeology.  Excerpts can be read at his website:
http://web.mac.com/denniscassinelli/Dennis_Cassinelli/DennisCassinelli.html


Reno Gazette Article: 

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?Dato=20080505&Kategori=NEWS04&Lopenr=108050001&Ref=AR

For those interested in learning more about the well-known Wilcox family, here is a link to the story of  Zachary Taylor Wilcox, featured on the Carson City website:  http://www.carson-city.nv.us/Index.aspx?page=1802  Zachary Wilcox was the uncle of Cora Wilcox Clark, whose photo and story are on page one of this website.  Cora Wilcox Clark was a patient for 25 years and is buried at the asylum cemetery.  Her father was George Wilcox. 

 
 
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