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Mount Vernon Cemetery


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Mount Vernon Cemetery Many of Atchison's founding fathers, who were also prominent Kansans of the time, are buried in this historic hilltop cemetery.

Among those buried here are three Kansas governors, Senator John J. Ingalls, two pony express riders, legendary train engineer, Brit Craft, and both sets of Amelia Earhart's grandparents.


Address: West Highway 59 at Rawlins Road, 2 miles south
(Near the International Forest of Friendship)

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Mount Vernon Cemetery

Many of Atchison's founding fathers, who were also prominent Kansans of the time, are buried in this historic hilltop cemetery.

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Mount Vernon Cemetery