Pioneers' Cemetery Association

Pioneers' Cemetery Association Non-Profit committed to preserving historic cemeteries in Arizona. [email protected]
P.O. The Mission of the Pioneers' Cemetery Association, Inc.

Box 33192, Phoenix, AZ 85067
Open Thursdays 10 - 1, email to check
Permission to film/photos:
Film Office: https://app2.apply4.com/filmapp/usa/phoenix is to conserve and protect the historic physical remains, grave markers, artifacts, and buildings of Pioneer & Military Memorial Park and provide a safe, accessible community resource for present and future generations; to acknowledge, celebrate, an

d promote Arizona's Pioneer History, represented by those interred in Arizona historic cemeteries, through research, education, conservation, preservation, and community engagement. PCA is committed to the preservation of the 1897 Smurthwaite House and the Pioneer & Military Memorial Park (Cemetery 1884-1914) located at 1317 W. Jefferson St. Both are on the National Register of Historic Places. Volunteers complete repairs and conduct educational events to ensure the preservation of this historic property is available for future generations.

👀👀Summer Speaker Series!👍👍Our first speaker is less than two weeks away! Join us for some interesting and educational i...
06/02/2026

👀👀Summer Speaker Series!👍👍

Our first speaker is less than two weeks away! Join us for some interesting and educational insights on Phoenix history. See details below and email us at [email protected] to reserve your Zoom “seat”!

🇺🇸⚒️ He witnessed the end of the Civil War, helped support his family through skilled craftsmanship, managed canneries a...
05/29/2026

🇺🇸⚒️ He witnessed the end of the Civil War, helped support his family through skilled craftsmanship, managed canneries across the Midwest, and eventually made his way to Phoenix.

Today, George L. Godfrey rests in an unmarked grave at Rosedale Cemetery, his exact burial location lost to time. Yet his story—from the siege of Petersburg to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox and finally to Arizona—remains an important part of our community’s history.

📖 Read his full story at www.azhistcemeteries.org
Photo: AI Generated
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📜Meet the "Postmaster"...❤️(and she was super excited about the dress🤣)Our posts are written by real people with real fa...
05/29/2026

📜Meet the "Postmaster"...❤️

(and she was super excited about the dress🤣)

Our posts are written by real people with real facts about the PMMP, and with a genuine love for history, preservation, and storytelling.

(Unless the Postmaster has a hard day… then grammar checkers get involved😉)

Graphic: by Val and graphic design skills
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🐠✨ Did you know?✨🐠We posted this fascinating object a week ago and it is......an 1800s aquarium with fountain! 🌊⛲Yes, pe...
05/27/2026

🐠✨ Did you know?✨🐠

We posted this fascinating object a week ago and it is......an 1800s aquarium with fountain! 🌊⛲

Yes, people in the mid-1800s kept elaborate aquariums complete with decorative fountains long before modern fish tanks became common. Victorian families were fascinated by nature, exotic sea life, and parlor displays that combined science, beauty, and entertainment. 🐚🐟

It most likely appeared in Phoenix in the more middle class to affluent homes🕯️🏡

Photo: Smithsonian

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Thank you so much for everyone who joined us yesterday for Memorial Day! Picacho Peak Camp 1 (SUVCW) did a beautiful fl...
05/27/2026

Thank you so much for everyone who joined us yesterday for Memorial Day! Picacho Peak Camp 1 (SUVCW) did a beautiful flag raising ceremony honoring all of our fallen soldiers. Merry Gordon gave a fantastic and truly educational book talk on her book “Arizona’s Murdered Madams”. And, our ever popular Steve Schumacher, the Phoenix Mayor’s Office Official Historian, visited us and honored the grave of CJ Dyer.

Thank you to those who serve and we honor those who have fallen!

❤💙💙❤♥From Civil War battlefields to the dusty streets of early Phoenix… the story of Horace B. Fitch is one of resilienc...
05/24/2026

❤💙💙❤♥From Civil War battlefields to the dusty streets of early Phoenix… the story of Horace B. Fitch is one of resilience, reinvention, and sacrifice.

A Union veteran who served during the siege of Vicksburg, Horace later became a grocer in territorial Phoenix after surviving illness, hardship, and personal loss. Though his original grave marker has vanished from Masons Cemetery with time, his memory lives on through a memorial brick at Pioneer & Military Memorial Park. 🕊️

Who was the quiet Civil War veteran behind one of early Phoenix’s forgotten stories? Come visit him and others who served this weekend at the PMMP!⚔️🌵

Photo: AI Generated,
👉✨ Read our full bios and visit our gift shop: www.azhistcemeteries.org

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Tomorrow!! Come join us!!! Celebrate Memorial Day at the PMMP! Hope to see you there! ❤️🤍💙See below for special even...
05/24/2026

Tomorrow!! Come join us!!! Celebrate Memorial Day at the PMMP! Hope to see you there!
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See below for special events… or simply come walk the grounds, pay your respects, and remember those who gave so much. 🌹🎖️

Only a few days until Memorial Day! Spend it with us!
05/18/2026

Only a few days until Memorial Day! Spend it with us!

⚖️ From Civil War corporal to one of frontier Phoenix’s trusted officials... ⚖️Charles H. Knapp helped shape early justi...
05/15/2026

⚖️ From Civil War corporal to one of frontier Phoenix’s trusted officials... ⚖️

Charles H. Knapp helped shape early justice in Arizona’s growing capital. 📜🌵

A Union veteran, respected District Court clerk, and prominent member of the GAR and Knights Templar, Knapp’s life was marked by service—but also deep personal tragedy, losing both his young daughter and first wife before his own untimely death at just 53.

Buried in the Masons Cemetery beside his family, Knapp’s story is one of duty, devotion, and the hardships of early Phoenix.

🔎 Read the full story here: https://behindtheepitaph.blogspot.com/
Photo: PCA Archives

✨ Throwback to Memorial Day at Rosedale Cemetery… sometime in the early 1980s. You are looking northwest along Jefferson...
05/13/2026

✨ Throwback to Memorial Day at Rosedale Cemetery… sometime in the early 1980s. You are looking northwest along Jefferson Street. How much has changed? 👀 History isn’t just in the graves… it’s in the land around them too. 🌵🏙️

Photo: PCA Archives
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1317 W Jefferson Street
Phoenix, AZ
85007

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