Brief Cemetery History taken from the "Teller" an early Lewiston newspaper:

January 13, 1887

City council is petitioned to move the cemetery from Fifth Street. (Present day location of Pioneer Park)

May 26, 1887

Suggested that the cemetery be moved to East Lewiston

November 1, 1888

New Cemetery now Platted (area now known as Normal Hill Cemetery)

December 27, 1888

Charles, son of Lot Wiggin, was the first burial in the new cemetery

March 28, 1889

Moving of 5^th Street Cemetery

April 18, 1889

Need for more removals from 5^th Street Cemetery.

July 18, 1889

W.B. Cooper is busy laying water pipe from Snake River up to new cemetery.

December 5, 1889

Well dug at cemetery

December 25, 1890

Reburials being made from 5^th Street Cemetery

March 3, 1892

City makes a deal to pipe water to cemetery

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