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Irwin Cemetery-Kebler Pass

THE BRIGHT PROMISE OF
RUBY SILVER DREW 5,000
PEOPLE TO THIS AREA IN 
1879, FROM AS FAR AS
ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.
IRWIN BECAME A GHOST
TOWN WHEN SILVER WAS
DEMONITIZED IN 1884.
THIS CEMETERY WAS
KNOWN AS RUBY CAMP
CEMETERY IN 1879.
IT WAS RENAMED IRWIN
CEMETERY IN 1880.
APPROXIMATELY 50
BURIALS WERE MADE
HERE BEFORE IT WAS
ABANDONDED IN 1885.

Submitted by John Bradley JEB 

 

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