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Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery Silver Lake, Cowlitz Co., Washington, USA

Cemetery District #3 Commissioners: Steve Smith, Gary Kessler, Linda Clark

Phone: 360.274.4004

Bob Solum, caretaker

Directions to Cemetery:

Take Exit 49 from Interstate 5. Go east on Spirit Lake Highway (State Route 4) eight miles just past George Taylor Rd. You will see the cemetery on the left.

History:

In 1870, Jacob Tippery selected a homestead at the northeast end of Silver Lake, Cowlitz Co., Washington Territory. It was a beautiful hill site, overlooking the lake, and offering a view of Mt. St. Helens to the east. After Jacob Tippery's death in August, 1872, following an accident incurred while clearing land on the homestead, he was buried on a corner of the Tippery property. The land was then donated by the family for a community cemetery. After his wife, Lucinda, died in 1901, the property was sold out of the family. Then in 1928, it was legally deeded as Silver Lake Cemetery, Inc. Subsequently, parcels of land were donated or purchased.

Link to transcribed burials at the Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery:

http://www.drizzle.com/~jtenlen/wacowlitz/slake.html