National and State Register
Cleora Cemetery
Chaffee County
Cleora Cemetery, established ca. 1880, is associated with the early settlement of the southern Arkansas River Valley in Chaffee County, including the railroad war between the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad that led to the founding of both Cleora and Salida.
It served as the pioneer graveyard in the area before Salida and other local settlements developed such facilities, and it became a final resting place for the pioneers of several communities in the vicinity. It is the only remaining significant historic resource associated with the short-lived town of Cleora.
National Register
Address
East U.S. Highway 50, Salida vicinity
Site Number
5CF.343