National and State Register

Masonic Placer Cemetery ~ Valley Brook Cemetery

Summit County

The 1882 Masonic Placer Cemetery - Valley Brook Cemetery has an unusual Celtic cross design and is important for its association with the development of the Town of Breckenridge and Summit County.  

A photo of the entrance to the cemetery with square pillars supporting an arched sign with the name overhead.

Masonic Placer Cemetery ~ Valley Brook Cemetery (2013 photograph.)

Additionally, it is the final resting place for Edwin Carter, a naturalist whose life work to study and preserve each type of wildlife found in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains was important to Breckenridge and Colorado.