Anamosa State Penitentiary Cemetery
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anamosa-state-penitentiary-cemetery-304-5273100
title:
Anamosa State Penitentiary Cemetery
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The Anamosa State Penitentiary Cemetery, also known as the Iowa Men's Reformatory Cemetery or Boot Hill Cemetery, is located west of Anamosa, Iowa, United States. The first cemetery associated with the Iowa Men's Reformatory, now a penitentiary, was begun in 1876 at Prison Farm No. 1 or possibly at Farm No. 5. Its exact location is unknown. The graves are of those prisoners whose bodies were left unclaimed or were not taken to one of the state's medical colleges. They were buried in common grave
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Historic site in Jones County, Iowa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamosa_State_Penitentiary_Cemetery
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2024-02-28T16:16:57Z
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