Fort Logan National Cemetery

Fort Logan National Cemetery
Fort Logan National Cemetery

Details
Established	1887
Location	Denver, Colorado
Country	United States
Coordinates	39°38′49″N 105°02′53″W / 39.64694°N 105.04806°W / 39.64694; -105.04806
Type	United States National Cemetery
Size	214 acres (0.87 km²)
No. of graves	>148,000
Website	Official
Find a Grave	Fort Logan National Cemetery

Fort Logan National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. Fort Logan, a former U.S. Army installation, was named after Union General John A. Logan, commander of US Volunteer forces during the American Civil War. It contains 214 acres (87 ha) and has over 122,000 interments as of 2014. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

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History

Fort Logan itself was established on October 31, 1887, and was in continuous use until 1946 when most of the acreage except for the cemetery was turned over to the state of Colorado. The national cemetery was created in 1950.

Notable burials

Medal of Honor recipients
- Major William E. Adams (1939–1971) – U.S. Army, Company A, 227th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter); 52d Aviation Battalion (Combat), 1st Aviation Brigade. Kontum Province, Republic of Vietnam.^[1]
- Private John Davis (1838–1901) – Company F, 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry. Culloden, Georgia, April 1865 (Civil War) (cenotaph)^[1]
- First Sergeant Maximo Yabes (1932–1967) – U.S. Army, Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Phu Hoa Dong, Republic of Vietnam^[1]
Others
- George R. Caron (1919–1995) – tail gunner on the Enola Gay
- John A. Carroll (1901–1995) – United States Representative and Senator
- Joanne Conte (1933–2013) – Transgender woman. As Joseph Baione, Conte served as a military Morse code operator for the U.S. Army and Air Force during the Korean War.^[2]
- John F. Curry (1886–1973) – Major General and first commander of the Civil Air Patrol
- Steven Curnow (1984–1999) – Columbine High School massacre victim. Aspired to join the Air Force after graduation.
- Danny Dietz (1980–2005) – US Navy Seal. Littleton CO native, perished in Operation Red Wings.^[3]
- Arthur Harvey (1895–1976) – oil pioneer and a veteran of World War I and World War II
- Byron "Mex" Johnson (1911–2005) – Negro league baseball player
- Richard H. Kindig (1916–2008) – photographer noted for documenting the rail transport industry of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains^[4]^[5]
- Ernest Klingbeil (1908–1995) – professional hockey player
- Fitzroy Newsum (1918–2013) – original member of the Tuskegee Airmen^[6]
- John Powers Severin (1921-2012) -- renowned comic book artist (notably for EC Comics, Marvel Comics and Cracked)
- Dorothy L. Starbuck (1917–1996) – Women's Army Corps officer and Veteran's Administration civil servant.^[7]
- Karl H. Timmermann (1922–1951) – commanded the unit which captured the Rhine River's Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen during World War II
- Kyle Velasquez (1982–1999) – Columbine High School massacre victim. Aspired to join the Navy after graduation.

Gallery

Wreaths placed at headstones
Bond Brye
Graves in a newer section
Fort Logan National Cemetery, April 5, 2012
Flags placed on graves, Memorial Day 2006
Graves in the older section
Grave of Karl F. Baatz, a German World War II POW

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Cemeteries – Fort Logan National Cemetery
^ Martin, Claire (2013-02-02). "Joanne Conte's life story a complex tale of gender, politics". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
^ Bunch, Joey (2016-05-08). "Ultimate sacrifice won't be forgotten". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
^ Hees, Randy (2008-04-07). "Richard Kindig". Railway Preservation News. Retrieved 2008-04-11.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Richard Kindig Passes Away". DRGW.net. 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
^ Davidson, Joanne (2013-01-13). "Tuskegee Airman Fitzroy "Buck" Newsum, 94, persevered to be a pilot". Denver Post. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
^ "CPT Dorothy L. Starbuck". Military Hall of Honor. Retrieved 2019-09-28.

External links

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Forts in Colorado

Overview

Trading posts and
civilian forts

Forts	Bent's New Fort Bent's Old Fort (Fort William) El Pueblo (Fort Pueblo) Fort Davy Crockett (Fort Misery) Fort Huerfano Fort Jackson Fort Le Duc Fort Lupton Fort Mary B (Fort Meribeh) Fort Namaqua Fort Saint Vrain (Fort George) Fort Uncompahgre Fort Vasquez Fort Wicked Francisco Fort Milk Fort (Fort Leche)
Major events	Fort Pueblo Massacre (1854) Colorado War (1863–1865) American Ranch massacre (1865)

U.S. and Spanish
military forts

Extinct or museums	Camp Collins Fort Crawford (Cantonment at Uncompahgre) Fort Garland Fort Lewis Fort Logan Fort Lyon (Fort Wise) Fort Massachusetts Fort Morgan Fort Reynolds Fort Sedgwick Spanish Fort (Fort Sangre de Cristo) Fort Weld (Camp Weld)
Active	Fort Carson (Camp Carson)
National cemeteries	Fort Logan National Cemetery Fort Lyon National Cemetery
Major events	Sand Creek massacre (1864) Battle of Julesburg (1865) Comanche campaign (1867–1875) Battle of Beecher Island (1868) Battle of Summit Springs (1869) Meeker Massacre (1879)

Protected areas of Colorado

Federal

4 National Parks	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Great Sand Dunes Mesa Verde Rocky Mountain
9 National Monuments	Browns Canyon (BLM-USFS) Camp Hale-Continental Divide (USFS) Canyons of the Ancients (BLM) Chimney Rock (USFS) Colorado Dinosaur Florissant Fossil Beds Hovenweep Yucca House
3 National Historic Sites	Amache Bent's Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre
2 National Recreation Areas	Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti
1 Wild and Scenic River	Cache la Poudre River
4 National Historic Trails	California Trail Old Spanish Trail Pony Express Trail Santa Fe Trail
1 National Scenic Trail	Continental Divide Trail
11 National Forests	Arapaho Grand Mesa Gunnison Pike Rio Grande Roosevelt Routt San Isabel San Juan Uncompahgre White River
2 National Grasslands	Comanche Pawnee
44 National Wildernesses	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Black Ridge Canyons Buffalo Peaks Byers Peak Cache La Poudre Collegiate Peaks Comanche Peak Dominguez Canyon Eagles Nest Flat Tops Fossil Ridge Great Sand Dunes Greenhorn Mountain Gunnison Gorge Hermosa Creek Holy Cross Hunter-Fryingpan Indian Peaks James Peak La Garita Lizard Head Lost Creek Maroon Bells-Snowmass Mesa Verde Mount Evans Mount Massive Mount Sneffels Mount Zirkel Neota Never Summer Platte River Powderhorn Ptarmigan Peak Raggeds Rawah Rocky Mountain National Park Sangre de Cristo Sarvis Creek South San Juan Spanish Peaks Uncompahgre Vasquez Peak Weminuche West Elk
3 National Conservation Areas	Dominguez–Escalante Gunnison Gorge McInnis Canyons
8 National Wildlife Refuges	Alamosa Arapaho Baca Browns Park Monte Vista Rocky Flats Rocky Mountain Arsenal Two Ponds
3 National Heritage Areas	Cache la Poudre River Sangre de Cristo South Park
26 National Historic Landmarks	Bent's Old Fort Burlingon Carousel Central City/Black Hawk Historic District Colorado Chautauqua Cripple Creek Historic District Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Denver Civic Center Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District Granada War Relocation Center Leadville Historic District Lindenmeier site Lowry Pueblo Ludlow Tent Colony Site Mesa Verde Administrative District Minnequa Steel Works Pikes Peak Pike's Stockade Raton Pass Red Rocks Park Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill Silverton Historic District Telluride Historic District Trujillo Homestead United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area
16 National Natural Landmarks	Big Spring Creek Garden of the Gods Garden Park Fossil Area Hanging Lake Indian Springs Trace Fossil Lost Creek Scenic Area Morrison-Golden Fossil Areas Raton Mesa Roxborough Russell Lakes Sand Creek Slumgullion Earthflow Spanish Peaks Sulphur Cave and Spring Summit Lake West Bijou Site
National Register of Historic Places	List of National Register of Historic Places in Colorado

State

43 State Parks	Arkansas Headwaters Barr Lake Boyd Lake Castlewood Canyon Chatfield Cherry Creek Cheyenne Mountain Crawford Eldorado Canyon Eleven Mile Elkhead Fishers Peak Golden Gate Canyon Harvey Gap Highline Lake Jackson Lake James M. Robb - Colorado River John Martin Reservoir Lake Pueblo Lathrop Lone Mesa Lory Mancos Mueller Navajo North Sterling Paonia Pearl Lake Ridgway Rifle Falls Rifle Gap Roxborough Spinney Mountain St. Vrain Stagecoach State Forest Staunton Steamboat Lake Sweetwater Lake Sweitzer Lake Sylvan Lake Trinidad Lake Vega Yampa River
1 State Forest	Colorado State Forest
307 State Wildlife Areas	List of Colorado state wildlife areas
93 State Natural Areas	Aiken Canyon Ant Hill Antero-Salt Creek Arikaree River Badger Wash Blacks Gulch Blue Mountain Bonny Prairie Boston Peak Fen Boulder Mountain Park Boulder Valley Heronry Brush Creek Fen California Park Castlewood Canyon Chalk Bluffs Colorado Tallgrass Prairie Comanche Grassland Copeland Willow Carr Cross Mountain Canyon Daves Draw Deep Creek Deer Gulch Dinosaur Ridge Dome Rock Droney Gulch Duck Creek Dudley Bluffs East Lost Park East Sand Dunes Elephant Rocks Elk River Escalante Canyon Escalante Creek Fairview Fourmile Creek Fruita Paleontological Garden Park Fossil Gateway Palisade Geneva Basin Iron Fens Gothic Gunnison Gravels Haviland Lake High Creek Fen High Mesa Grassland Hoosier Ridge Hurricane Canyon Indian Spring Indian Springs Trace Fossil Irish Canyon Jimmy Creek Ken-Caryl Ranch Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Lake Pasture Lake San Cristobal Limestone Ridge Lookout Mountain Lost Park Lower Greasewood Creek McElmo Mexican Cut Mini-Wheeler Miramonte Reservoir Mishak Lakes Moosehead Mountain Mount Callahan Mount Callahan Saddle Mount Emmons Iron Fen Mount Goliath Narraguinnep Needle Rock North Park Phacelia Orient Mine Owl Canyon Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Park Mesa Pawnee Woodlands Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rocky Mountain Woodfrog Pond Rough Canyon Roxborough Running Creek Ryan Gulch Saddle Mountain San Miguel River Sand Creek Shell Duck Creek Shell Rock Slumgullion Earthflow South Beaver Creek South Boulder Creek South Cathedral Bluffs Specimen Mountain Staunton Tabeguache Tamarack Ranch Tern Island Treasurevault Mountain Trinidad K-T Boundary Two Buttes Unaweep Seep Uncompahgre Fritillary Wacker Ranch West Creek Wheeler Geologic White Rocks Williams Creek Yanks Gulch/Upper Greasewood Creek Natural Area Zapata Falls
26 Scenic and Historic Byways	Alpine Loop Cache la Poudre-North Park Collegiate Peaks Colorado River Headwaters Dinosaur Diamond Flat Tops Trail Frontier Pathways Gold Belt Tour Grand Mesa Guanella Pass Highway of Legends Lariat Loop Los Caminos Antiguos Mount Evans Pawnee Pioneer Trails Peak to Peak San Juan Skyway Santa Fe Trail Silver Thread South Platte River Trail Top of the Rockies Tracks Across Borders Trail of the Ancients Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Unaweep Tabeguache West Elk Loop

Trails

28 National Recreation Trails

Apex
Barr
Bear Creek
Big Dry Creek
Calico
Crag Crest
Devils Head
Fish Creek Falls
Grays Peak
Greyrock Mountain
Highline Canal
Highline Loop
Lake Fork
Mineral Belt
Mount Evans
Mount McConnel
Petroglyph Point
Platte River Greenway
Poudre River
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Round Mountain
Swamp Park
Two Elk
Two Ponds
Vail Pass
West Lost Trail Creek
Wheeler Ten Mile
White House Ranch

6 Regional Trails

Colorado Department of Natural Resources (web)

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