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From: "Ballou, Michael" <>
Subject: [NEBRHeritage-L] Prospect Hill Cemetery in Omaha
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 03:22:47 -0500

Prospect Hill Cemetery
3202 Parker Street
1858
Designated Omaha Landmark: June 19, 1979
Believed to be the oldest cemetery in Omaha, Prospect Hill Cemetery is the
final resting place of many of Omaha's early business leaders, mayors and
judges. Names on tombstones are familiar as those on city streets and
buildings including Yates, Poppleton, Redick, Reed, Kountze Millard,
Woolworth, Hanscom and Krug.

Byron Reed, an Omaha pioneer, formally organized Prospect Hill Cemetery. The
site has been used as a burial ground from very early days. Native Americans
and Mormans were buried there before Reed purchased the property in 1858.
The Mormon Trail is reported to have been within a block of the cemetery.

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