Frisco in Summit County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Frisco Cemetery
Circa 1882
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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 28, 2025
1. Frisco Cemetery Marker
The cemetery is maintained by the Town of Frisco and serves as the resting place for many interesting Frisco residents who left their legacies behind. As you explore the gravesites of the cemetery, you may come across the incredible mountain pioneer Susan Badger, a woman who at one time held five different jobs in Frisco including county welfare director, employment service representative, deputy sheriff, humane officer, and Red Cross chairman.
You may also discover the plot of Bill Thomas and his relatives, a family which directly helped revitalize Friscos community in the 1930s by providing free lots of land. This enterprising goal resulted in a summer resort population and customers for their dairy ranch operation still known today as the Bills Ranch community.
Other historical families who rest here today include the Caldwells, the Demings, the Staleys, the Lunds, and the Footes. To learn more about these and other faces of Frisco's past we encourage you to explore the many educational exhibits of the Frisco Historic Park and Museum, located at 120 Main Street.
Erected by Town of Frisco, Colorado.
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Location. 39° 34.626′ N, 106° 5.512′ W. Marker is in Frisco, Colorado, in Summit County. It is on Marina Road just east of North Summit Boulevard (State Highway 9), on the left when traveling east. The marker is mounted on the east/right cemetery gate post. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 809 East Main Street, Frisco CO 80443, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Colorado High Rockies and on the Continental Divide. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: "Ski for Light, Art for Sight" (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Staley-Rouse House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Foote's Rest (approx. Ό mile away); Old Town Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away); Frank & Annie Ruth House (approx. half
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 28, 2025
2. Frisco Cemetery
Looking north from Marina Road. The marker is mounted on the east/right cemetery gate post.
Also see . . . Frisco Cemetery History (FriscoGov.com).
(by Frisco Historic Park and Museum staff) Excerpt: The exact date when the Frisco Cemetery was established is uncertain; in the 1890s, John D. Hynderliter began allowing the Town of Frisco to use a section of land on his ranch at the then-outskirts of Frisco as a cemetery. Portions of the cemetery have been left in their natural state, while other sections are more manicured and maintained by the Town. The cemetery has twenty-seven blocks; three of which are reserved for the Deming, Lund, and Thomas/Mogee families in the natural area.(Submitted on November 21, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)It is surmised that most of the earliest and unmarked graves are where miners, prostitutes, and paupers were buried. The oldest confirmed burial is that of Katie Thomas in 1889; she was the daughter of Jane Thomas, who was deeded the ranch that became the Bills Ranch neighborhood. In 1951, an uproar erupted in the town when newcomer Emil Slovak claimed that a half-acre of the cemetery was on his ranch. He then erected a barbed-wire fence on what he determined was his property line and threatened to dig up the graves on his side of the fence. After a legal battle with Frisco town officials, Slovak lost his case, and he eventually sold his ranch.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 17, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 44 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 21, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
