Can some one help on this query? Please reply to sender. Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:05 PM Subject: Burnham Query > Dear Gail, La Plata CO queries > My late mother Lillian Burnham b 1892 Fruitland, NM, told me her cousin > young Abinidi "Ben" Burnham was killed in mining strike violence at Telluride > in 1901. Another record, however, says his death occured at or near Durango, > La Plata County. A reliable correspondent saw these graves some years ago but > is uncertain now of the exact cemetery location among several similar. I am > told the burial is in a small cemetery on private land in or near Mancos, > Montezuma County. His grave I am told is next to his father George Franklin > Burnham, a Mormon pioneer, who died also in 1901 shortly after his son, in a > logging accident near Mancos. > If anyone can provide any additional historical detail on the mining > strike mentioned, or additional dates, locations relating to these events and > deaths, such would be most gratefully received. I hope to visit this > beautiful area again in the near future and this time try to locate these > graves. > Thank you > Nyle Burnham Leatham > >