Summit View Cemetery

Summit View Cemetery
Details
Established June 1890
Location Guthrie, Oklahoma
Country United States
Coordinates 35°53′45″N 97°24′12″W / 35.89583°N 97.40333°W / 35.89583; -97.40333Coordinates: 35°53′45″N 97°24′12″W / 35.89583°N 97.40333°W / 35.89583; -97.40333
Type Public
Owned by City of Guthrie
Size 70 acres (28 ha)
Number of graves 13,500
Number of interments 18,282
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Summit View Cemetery (established 1890) is a historic cemetery located in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

Operated by the city of Guthrie (the territorial capitol) since 1915, the cemetery is the final resting place for many prominent Oklahoma pioneers, including at least two territorial governors (Cassius McDonald Barnes and Robert Martin) and Frank Dale, the Chief Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court.

The cemetery has several sections, including a Boot Hill section in which several famous outlaws are buriedBill Doolin, Charlie Pierce, Richard "Little Dick" West, Bert Casey, and Elmer McCurdy among them.

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