TY - BOOK ID - 77872689 TI - Pioneer cemeteries PY - 2008 SN - 1281958271 9786611958275 0803218672 9780803218673 9780803216082 0803216084 9781281958273 PB - Lincoln University of Nebraska Press DB - UniCat KW - Pioneers KW - Cemeteries KW - Sepulchral monuments KW - Funeral monuments KW - Funerary monuments KW - Graves KW - Gravestones KW - Memorial tablets KW - Tablets, Memorial KW - Tombstones KW - Monuments KW - First settlers KW - Settlers, First KW - Persons KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Burial grounds KW - Burying-grounds KW - Churchyards KW - Graveyards KW - Memorial gardens (Cemeteries) KW - Memorial parks (Cemeteries) KW - Memory gardens (Cemeteries) KW - Necropoleis KW - Necropoles KW - Necropoli KW - Necropolises KW - Burial KW - Death care industry KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77872689 AB - As pioneers attempted to settle and civilize the "Wild West," cemeteries became important cultural centers. Filled with carved wooden headboards, inscribed local stones, and Italian marble statues, cemeteries functioned as symbols of stability and progress toward a European-inspired vision of Manifest Destiny. As repositories of art and history, these pioneer cemeteries tell the story of communities and visual culture emerging together within the developing landscape of the Old West. ER -