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Author Stott, Annette.

Title Pioneer cemeteries : sculpture gardens of the Old West / Annette Stott.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 370 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-345) and index.
Contents List of cemeteries -- Map of Rocky Mountain Region -- From Boot Hill to Fair Mount: the transformation of the Western cemetery -- Tombstone carvers and monument makers of the Rocky Mountain West -- M. Rauh, Riverside Marble Works, and the gendered cemetery -- Mail-order monuments and other imports: Rocky Mountain cemeteries in a national context -- The cemetery in Western life.
Summary As pioneers attempted to settle and civilize the "Wild West," cemeteries became important cultural centers. Filled with carved wooden headboards, inscribed local stones, and Italian marble statues, cemeteries functioned as symbols of stability and progress toward a European-inspired vision of Manifest Destiny. As repositories of art and history, these pioneer cemeteries tell the story of communities and visual culture emerging together within the developing landscape of the Old West.
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Subject Sepulchral monuments -- Rocky Mountains -- History -- 19th century.
Sepulchral monuments.
Rocky Mountains.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Cemeteries -- Rocky Mountains -- History -- 19th century.
Cemeteries.
Pioneers -- Rocky Mountains.
Pioneers.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Stott, Annette. Pioneer cemeteries. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008 9780803216082 0803216084 (DLC) 2008015036 (OCoLC)221147780
ISBN 9780803218673 (electronic book)
0803218672 (electronic book)
9780803216082 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
0803216084 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
1281958271
9781281958273
Standard No. 9786611958275
Sudoc No. U5002 T269 -2008