And returned for Rededication ceremony
By Lynn Volkens
When long-ago Gilpin County resident Fred Rowe died in 1914, his family and friends respectfully laid his remains to rest not far from the arched gate at the entrance to the Knights of Pythias Cemetery west of Central City. Family members and friends probably visited Fred’s grave to leave flowers and pay their respects. They erected a dignified tombstone to mark his grave for eternity, and relied upon the decency of their fellow man to leave it there. How then, did part of Fred Rowe’s headstone end up en route to a Denver dump earlier this year? Could it have been, as with other markers from several of Gilpin County’s historical cemeteries, that it was stolen away to become part of some out-of-towner’s yard sculpture? Well, no matter how it got to Denver, the good news is that the stone has found its way home and once more rests at the head of Fred Rowe’s grave.
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