Uncovering Old Cemeteries

In 2006, the Historical Society researched and located two local cemeteries dating to pioneer days,
the Riverview Cemetery above Northport and the Old Boundary Cemetery.

Riverview Cemetery

Located a mile south of Northport and overlooking the Columbia River, the Riverview Cemetery dates back to the late 1890's and was in use for only a few years. It has approximately 25 burials and only a few headstones remain. The cemetery was cleaned up and brought to the attention of the county so that it might be protected.

Burial records [1]

Blacklaws, W.F.              2/17/1899
Brooks, infant son          9/16/1899
Cloud, infant              3/20/1899
Carlisle, Mrs. Marian          4/16/1902 (57 yrs)
Domitrovich, Mrs. Peter      9/ 1/1902
Ellis, Mary Lucy              9/ 6/1899
Eddon, John              8/25/1900
Ericson, Gabriel              8/ 8/1899
Farrar, Bessie              4/20/1900
Fernengel, Martin          7/20/1899
Johnson, Fred              9/13/1902
Lane, Mark                 10/19/1902
Leonard, Mrs. John          1/17/1901

Lindsly, John B.              5/21/1903
Martin, Mrs. Elizabeth          1/31/1899
Martin, Fernengal          7/26/1899
Parsons, S.J. (infant son)      4/ 8/1903
Redmond, Jerry              5/ 1/1902
Schmidt, Martin              7/20/1899
Sommer, Henry P.              8/ 5/1926
Springsted, L.P.              7/ 3/1901
Wilcox, W.H.              2/11/1901
Wilson, A.L.             11/15/1900
Wilson, Cal             10/22/1899
Yoo-mi                  3/ 4/1903

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Old Boundary Cemetery

Located on the Columbia River at the Canadian border, Boundary, Washington began as a construction camp of the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway while the Pend Oreille River bridge was being built in 1893. It "lived six months as a town, boasted a population of twelve hundred, and had run wide open with saloons, dance halls, and gaming tables until the construction crews moved on. Then the pianos fell silent and the buildings were knocked down for their lumber." [2]
A greatly reduced population held on until 1921 when the Post Office moved to New Boundary a mile south.

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In February of 2006, the Historical Society located the abandoned Boundary cemetery and sought permission of the Federal Government, who owned the land, to clean it up.

Having been informed of the cemetery's existence, the Department of Homeland Security investigated and undertook preserving this piece of local history.

[1] Northeast Washington Genealogical Society
[2] Inland Empire, John Fahey, University of Washington Press, 1965 p.134
[3] Stevens County Historical Society