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Grave "two tenths of a mile up the road to the John Benton house, on the right just off the road. Natural stone faces 'Castle' [peak]. No one seems to know who is buried here." -- Mildred Toomer
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Another view of the gravesite facing Castle Peak near the Benton house, Burns, Colorado.
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Two graves in the Burns area, up Fargo Gulch (left side of County Road 39). One grave marked "Fargo" and the other is "Richards," or possibly "Richardson." Fargo broke both legs crossing the gulch sitting on just the running gears...no bed or box on the wagon. He died of gangrene. Richards (or Richardson) was killed trying to break an outlaw horse at the Newcomer Place, located at the top of Burns Hill. Both graves are marked with natural rock on...