Last October, I was in the Nevada State Prison: on tour, I swear!
Nevada State Prison Cemetery
I didn’t know if I would ever be able to visit the cemetery, it is not on the tour and off-limits without permission.
The cemetery is on a hill between the Nevada State Prison and the Warm Springs Correctional Facility. The prison was closed in 2012 and the correctional facility earlier this year.
The cemetery is for inmates who died while in prison, and their remains were not claimed. The oldest headstone I found was 1876, but many graves are unmarked. Headstones are from the prison quarry and engraved by inmates.
I have started a full article on the prison and cemetery. There are twists and turns including the first gas chamber in the US, a prison casino, and even giant sloth footprints!
Thank you to my guide for allowing me to document this cemetery.
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Yancey says
I am looking of a grave plot for a man name George M. Parsons. He died in 1898
Tami says
His burial was at Lone Mountain Cemetery per Find a Grave (link below). They have a newspaper clipping.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243882550/george-m-parsons