Edward T. Sheldon Burial Site at Evergreen Cemetery
A historic site in Leadville, Colorado, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Edward T. Sheldon Burial Site at Evergreen Cemetery is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Edward T. Sheldon Burial Site at Evergreen Cemetery haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
Sheldon's grave is the far — the 'Iowa conductor' that's the west carried, the 'only NTF in Colorado' that's the state's one. The 'four men' is the '60 run — the 'Thompson brothers' that's the wagon's cargo, the 'jailed in Glenwood' that's the warrant's catch. The 'acquitted then rescued' is the doubled — the 'court freed' that's the law's word, the 'abolitionists went back' that's the men retaken.
The 'volunteer' is the found — the '600 stones' that's the Robbins' care, the 'didn't know' that's the hero among them. The 'portrays him' is the kept — the 'living history' that's the captain played, the 'annual series' that's the memory's act. Sheldon's grave is the hidden — the '80,000 graves' that's the cemetery's scale, the 'one marker' that's the Network's site.
The file keeps Sheldon: the Iowa runs, the Glenwood jail, the Colorado grave, and the volunteer's discovery.
Evergreen's Sheldon site is the archive's Colorado file — the conductor found by his gravedigger.
Why this file matters
Evergreen's Sheldon site is the archive's Colorado file — the state's only Network to Freedom listing.
A grave keeps its conductor — the file's suggestion being that Sheldon's hold is the found: the '600 tended' that's the volunteer's rounds, the 'one was hero' that's the discovery made, and the 'only in Colorado' that's the marker's weight.
Two accounts on file
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CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The conductor’s grave—where Sheldon rests.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
NPS Network to Freedom
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 35CO01, source row 574. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.
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Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceEdward T. Sheldon Burial Site at Evergreen Cemetery is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Sources on file
- 01Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01National Park Service · government · A1
- 02NPS Network to Freedom listingNational Park Service · government · A1
- 03Underground RailroadWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 35CO01, source row 574. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.