"At Rest," the Pima Lodge 10, Improved Order of Red Men Cemetery Plot in Tucson, Arizona.

Author(s): J. Homer Thiel; Jeremy Pye

Year: 2016

Summary

The Improved Order of Red Men opened a lodge in Tucson, Arizona Territory in 1898. Here, members of the fraternal group held meetings featuring songs and speeches, and marched in parades dressed in Native American attire. The lodge purchased a cemetery plot and, from 1898 to 1908, 20 graves were dug. Archaeological excavation of the eastern cluster of graves yielded nine burials, two complete and seven exhumed in 1915. Each grave contained human remains, clothing, coffins, and outer boxes. Newspaper articles, probate files, coffin hardware catalogs, and the archaeological finds allow for a  better understanding of the lives and deaths of these individuals.

Cite this Record

"At Rest," the Pima Lodge 10, Improved Order of Red Men Cemetery Plot in Tucson, Arizona.. J. Homer Thiel, Jeremy Pye. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434245)

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Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 356