La Plata County
Register of Historic Places
La Plata County
Historic Preservation Review Commission
Mission: To provide an application and review process for
residents to receive Historic Landmark designation by the La
Plata County Board of County Commissioners, to increase
awareness of historic and cultural heritage as embodied in these
designated historic landmarks, to provide educational
opportunities to increase public appreciation of the County’s
unique heritage, and to increase economic and financial benefits
through heritage-tourism.
 Thirteen sites have been designated to date
 Structures include the Old Ft. Lewis Campus, Florida
Baptist Church and the Lower Spring Creek School House
2nd Annual
Historic Driving Tour
Select Cemeteries of La Plata County
1) Pine River Cemetery
Saturday May 16, 2015
2) Florida Cemetery
405 CR 501
Suggested Itinerary*
10:00 am Orientation at Pine
River Library, 395 Bayfield Ctr.
10:20 Pine River Cemetery
11:30 Florida Cemetery
12:30 Lunch on your own
1:00 Oxford Cemetery
2:00 Ignacio East Cemetery
2061 CR 225
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Pine River Cemetery (aka Bayfield
Cemetery) dates back to 1883, 15 years
before the Town of Bayfield was formed.
The Pine River Cemetery has served the
Pine River Valley since early settlement
and is still in use to the present. The first
burial is believed to be Susan Dunham in
1882, but there is no surviving marker.
The land was donated by Walter Dunham
to preserve her final resting place on a hill
overlooking the Pine River.
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Each stop will include a presentation of
the local history and allot 20 min drive
time to the next stop
3) Oxford Cemetery
4512 CR 311
For questions call (970) 382-6263
 Designation is free, voluntary, and
includes no regulatory restrictions
 All properties help celebrate the
County’s rich history and receive a
bronze plaque
Florida Cemetery was established on
land donated by the Conway family.
Many members of pioneer Pine River
Valley families are buried in the
Cemetery, including individuals from the
McClure, Hood, and Hampton families.
The first burial was Sefton Hampton in
1880. The Florida Cemetery Association
cares for the Cemetery and oversees
present-day burials.
4) Ignacio East Cemetery
9522 CR 321
Ignacio East Cemetery was established
in 1911 when burials were relocated
from an older Ignacio cemetery on the
*In the event there is a funeral service at the
west side of town. Although a
cemetery there will be no tour presentation.
community cemetery, the majority of the
Disclaimer: La Plata County, including its
burials in the cemetery are those of the
officials, employees and agents, does not
Protestant faith. Community burials
warrant the condition or safety of the properties continue today and the Ignacio, Allison,
and sites on this tour. By participating in this Oxford Cemetery District is responsible
tour, participants agree to assume all risk,
for the Cemetery.
Oxford Cemetery is located about 2
miles south of Oxford. The first burial in
the Oxford Cemetery was Mrs. Hattie
Maynes who died from influenza in 1917.
Burials have continued over the years,
primarily for individuals that lived in the
general area. Today, burials occur but
they are infrequent. Ten acres of land for
the Cemetery were designated in the
1950s; it is cared for by the Ignacio,
Allison, Oxford Cemetery District.
Learn more at http://www.sjma.org/
responsibility and liability for all actions taken
on the properties and sites subject to this tour. Headstone
Pedestal Tomb
Plaque Marker
Gov’t Issue
Die On Base
Die, Base & Cap
Woodmen of the World
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4. Ignacio East Cemetery
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1908 Topographic Map Courtesy of the United States Geological Survey
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1. Bayfield Cemetery
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2. Florida Cemetery
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Map Prepared January 23rd 2015 by La Plata County Planning Department