Founded in southeast Denver in 1870, Fairmount Cemetery is Colorado’s largest necropolis with nearly 200,000 residents. Many notable tombstones and mausoleums as well as numerous different trees and wildlife make this cemetery park worth a visit.
- Courtesy Tom “Dr. Colorado” Noel
- Image: The Ivy Chapel is the signature landmark at Fairmount. Photo by Tom Noel
- Source: Historic Denver Cemeteries & Their Occupants. By Jim Covoto & Mark Barnhouse. Charleston, SC: American Heritage Press, 2016.