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Helen Hunt Jackson

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Helen Hunt Jackson Famous memorial

Original Name
Helen Maria Fiske
Birth
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
12 Aug 1885 (aged 54)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.8177932, Longitude: -104.7983542
Plot
Block 17, Lot 51 SE
Memorial ID
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Author. She wrote the novel, "Ramona," and the non-fiction work, "A Century of Dishonor." She was originally buried in San Francisco. Her body was moved to a private grave near the summit of Cheyenne peak (about four miles from Colorado Springs). To avoid possible vandalism, she was exhumed a second time and moved to her current spot in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs. See Memorial ID# 67919269 for Helen Maria (Fiske) Jackson at Inspiration Point, Seven Falls, Colorado, for burial site until February 10, 1891.
Author. She wrote the novel, "Ramona," and the non-fiction work, "A Century of Dishonor." She was originally buried in San Francisco. Her body was moved to a private grave near the summit of Cheyenne peak (about four miles from Colorado Springs). To avoid possible vandalism, she was exhumed a second time and moved to her current spot in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs. See Memorial ID# 67919269 for Helen Maria (Fiske) Jackson at Inspiration Point, Seven Falls, Colorado, for burial site until February 10, 1891.

Gravesite Details

Buried: 02/10/1892, Source: City of Colo Spgs cemetery data 3/14/09



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  • Added: Aug 14, 1999
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6097/helen_hunt-jackson: accessed ), memorial page for Helen Hunt Jackson (15 Oct 1830–12 Aug 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6097, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.