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Bannack Graveyard by John Vachon, 1942.

Bannack Cemetery today, July, 2008, Kathy Weiser.
Located on a hill just north of
Bannack and east of the
gallows is the old cemetery. Utilized from 1862 to about 1880, it holds a
number of graves, but most are no longer marked. Given more than a century
of harsh winters and crude markers to begin with, Mother Nature has
reclaimed all but a few stone markers.
Bannack's
most "famous" citizen, Sheriff
Henry
Plummer, was not buried here, but rather was interred in Hangman's
Gulch about 100 yards beyond the gallows, without benefit of a marker. Another cemetery lies outside of Bannack, just off the county road. That cemetery began to be used around
1876 and has about 60 graves that are still marked.
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