Norwegian Ridge Cemetery
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Norwegian Ridge Cemetery

Also known as Old Trinity Lutheran Cemetery

Spring Grove, Houston County, Minnesota, USA

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No burials have been made in this cemetery for over a century. In the 1960s, Trinity Lutheran Church leaders decided that the old stones were a safety hazard, and the cemetery was razed. The stones were thrown into a pile where they remained until 1978 when a local resident named Howard Burtness organized a restoration. With the help of local volunteers, they recovered and restored most of the gravestones, and placed the stones in cement back to back in four rows.
No burials have been made in this cemetery for over a century. In the 1960s, Trinity Lutheran Church leaders decided that the old stones were a safety hazard, and the cemetery was razed. The stones were thrown into a pile where they remained until 1978 when a local resident named Howard Burtness organized a restoration. With the help of local volunteers, they recovered and restored most of the gravestones, and placed the stones in cement back to back in four rows.

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