Coal Miners Cemetery — Part 3
August 12, 2015
NEW — 6 a.m. Aug. 12, 2015
This is the third history feature installment about the historic Coal Miner’s Cemetery, on 129th Avenue Southeast, south of the Newcastle Library.
Every cemetery has many stories to tell. Some are sad, some are heartwarming and some help us remember how we have grown as a people.
At the time of the first burial in 1878, it was unheard of for whites and blacks to be buried in the same cemetery. Chinese would also be excluded. The Newcastle Miner’s Cemetery has both ethnic groups, though there is a distinction.
Coal Miners Cemetery — Part 1
June 4, 2015
Did you know there is a cemetery in the city of Newcastle?
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Newcastle’s Historic Coal Miners Cemetery was established in 1878.
