Summit View Cemetery
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Summit View Cemetery 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 buried—Bill Doolin
, Charlie Pierce, Richard "Little Dick" West, Bert Casey
, and Elmer McCurdy
among them.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Guthrie is a city in and the county seat of Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metroplex. The population was 9,925 at the 2000 census.Guthrie was the territorial and later the first state capital for Oklahoma...
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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
Cassius McDonald Barnes
Cassius McDonald Barnes was an American Civil War soldier, lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 4th Governor of Oklahoma Territory.-Early Life and the American Civil War:...
and Robert Martin
Robert Martin (Oklahoma)
Robert Martin was the first person to act as Acting Governor of Oklahoma Territory.-Territorial career:When US President Benjamin Harrison appointed George Washington Steele as Oklahoma Territory's first Governor, Martin was appointed to serve as the Territory's Secretary...
) and Frank Dale
Frank Dale
Frank Dale was the Chief Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Oklahoma Territory from 1893 until 1898. Born in Somonauk, Illinois, he pioneered both in Kansas and Oklahoma, becoming a well-known attorney in both states...
, the Chief Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court.
The cemetery has several sections, including a Boot Hill
Boot Hill
Boot Hill is the name for any number of cemeteries, chiefly in the American West. During the 19th century it was a common name for the burial grounds of gunfighters, or those who "died with their boots on" ....
section in which several famous outlaws are buried—Bill Doolin
Bill Doolin
William "Bill" Doolin was an American bandit and founder of the Wild Bunch, an outlaw gang that specialized in robbing banks, trains and stagecoaches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas during the 1890s.- Early life :...
, Charlie Pierce, Richard "Little Dick" West, Bert Casey
Bert Casey
Bert Casey was one of the most violent of the outlaws to operate out of Oklahoma Territory. He and his gang were responsible for several savage murders, including the eleven year old son of Dr. Zeno Beenblossum, Deputy U.S. Marshal Luther "Lute" Houston, and Caddo County Sheriff Frank Smith and...
, and Elmer McCurdy
Elmer McCurdy
Elmer McCurdy was an Oklahoma outlaw whose mummified body was discovered in The Pike amusement zone in Long Beach, California in December 1976.-Background:...
among them.