Silver Cliff Cemetery
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Silver Cliff Cemetery is a cemetery established in the early 1880's outside of Silver Cliff, Colorado
about one-half mile south of Colorado State Highway 96
on Mill Street.
burials and the other half, known as the Cross of the Assumption Cemetery, for Protestant
burials. The cemetery is still in use today and is owned and operated by the Town of Silver Cliff.
, Volume 136, No. 2.
Silver Cliff, Colorado
Silver Cliff is a Statutory Town that is the most populous town in Custer County, Colorado, United States. The population was 512 at the 2000 census.-History:...
about one-half mile south of Colorado State Highway 96
Colorado State Highway 96
State Highway 96 is a state highway in eastern Colorado. Its eastern terminus is at the Kansas state line east of Towner where it continues as K-96; its western terminus is at State Highway 69 at Westcliffe....
on Mill Street.
Background
Silver Cliff Cemetery is split into two sections, one half for CatholicCatholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
burials and the other half, known as the Cross of the Assumption Cemetery, for Protestant
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
burials. The cemetery is still in use today and is owned and operated by the Town of Silver Cliff.
Lights
The cemetery is noted for unexplained "dancing blue lights" seen on occasion around the cemetery at night. The lights, which according to reports look like blue lantern lights or white spheres, are said to float through the cemetery and bounce on the headstones. The lights were featured in the August, 1969 National Geographic MagazineNational Geographic Magazine
National Geographic, formerly the National Geographic Magazine, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. It published its first issue in 1888, just nine months after the Society itself was founded...
, Volume 136, No. 2.