Fairview Cemetery
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Fairview Cemetery

Also known as Kanesville Mormon Cemetery

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA

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  • Get directions 308 Lafayette Avenue
    Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 United States
    Coordinates: 41.27030, -95.84810
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Though Fairview Cemetery in Council Bluffs didn't officially open until 1846, the first burial took place on the site in 1826. It is the oldest cemetery in Iowa. A number of Mormon pioneers are buried in Fairview Cemetery, along with Amelia Bloomer, the suffragist and dress reformer who promoted women wearing pants called "bloomers." It is also the final resting place of Caroline Pace, who rode the first locomotive that came into Council Bluffs on Jan. 17, 1867.

Though Fairview Cemetery in Council Bluffs didn't officially open until 1846, the first burial took place on the site in 1826. It is the oldest cemetery in Iowa. A number of Mormon pioneers are buried in Fairview Cemetery, along with Amelia Bloomer, the suffragist and dress reformer who promoted women wearing pants called "bloomers." It is also the final resting place of Caroline Pace, who rode the first locomotive that came into Council Bluffs on Jan. 17, 1867.

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