Stinnett, Benjamin2021-12-132021-12-132014-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/26932414 pagesUpon arriving in the Willamette Valley by way of the Oregon Trail in the nineteenth century, settlers began to sculpt the landscape. These settlers converted the widespread prairie and marshland into to valuable agricultural land. The pioneers found themselves in an unfamiliar landscape far from the Midwest and eastern United States from which they had come. Death and sickness in the early and mid nineteenth century were ever-present reminders of mortality for the early settlers. As a result, the creation of cemeteries was a necessary step in settling the Willamette Valley. Thousands of cemeteries were created during this period. These cemeteries came in many sizes, some being for an individual or family, others serving as the final resting place for members of a community. Of the thousands of early cemeteries that were located throughout the Willamette Valley, some have been lost to time or closed to new burials, others continue to be used.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USTerminal Project