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From: "Gerry Perry" <>
Subject: [NVEUREKA] Northern Nevada Mental Asylum Cemetery - important notice
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:03:14 -0700


If you have visited the Tombstone Project website and the Northern Nevada Mental Institute Cemetery (http://www.usgwarchives.net/nv/washoe/photos/tombstones/mental/mental.html) you will see how desecrated this cemetery is. You can also visit a group formed to preserve this cemetery by visiting http://friendsofnorthernnevadaadultmentalhealthservicescemetery.com/homepage.html. After much work, research and many hours spent by volunteers, a bill is to be considered by the Senate Government Affairs committee on Friday, 3/27/09, after adjournment of the Senate floor session. This bill will name the cemetery as an historial site and will help to preserve the cemetery. Future plans, once the bill is passed into law is to have the cemetery cleaned up, and to provide some type of memorial to those known to be buried in this cemetery.

This cemetery is located in Sparks, Nevada,

Please visit this site and record your comments about the bill. The more people that express their feelings about the preservation of this historic cemetery the better will be the chances of having the bill passed. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/opinions/Poll/?CFID=2334396&CFTOKEN=84176849

You can also email the senators who are on the committee and voice your opinion and encourage them to vote to approve the bill and send it on its way to becoming law. It is past time when the State of Nevada took steps to right the wrongs that occurred under the State's watch. It is virtually impossible to determine the number of people buried in this cemetery, but estimates, based on research, have the number at over 600. Today there are only 11 burial sites remaining that have a marker! It is unknown where the remaing deceased are buried. There are some records where the deceased were buried 3-deep! and there are stories of nearby construction projects uprooting the graves and reinterment within the cemetery at locations which were not recorded. HELP THESE POOR TORMENTED SOULS HAVE A FINAL AND DIGNIFIED RESTING PLACE. You can help by taking action and contacting the senators and recording your encouragement for passage of the bill.

Please take a moment and voice your opinion about this much needed bill. And, contact the following senators who sit on the Government Affairs Committee and encourage their "yes" vote - tell them how important this bill is.

Senate Committee on Government Affairs, S.B. 256




John J. Lee, Chair (D) (775) 684-1424 Email:

Room 2126



Terry Care, Vice Chair (D) (775) 684-6503 Email:

Room 1224



Steven A. Horsford (D) (775) 684-1429 Email:

Room 1222



Shirley A. Breeden (D) (775) 684-1457 Email:

Room 2131



William J. Raggio (R) (775) 684-1419 Email:

Room 2160



Randolph J. Townsend (R) (775) 684-1450 Email:

Room 2107



Mike McGinness (R) (775) 684-1442 Email:

Room 2100





Gerry Perry, Manager

Nevada Tombstone Project



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