tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post6770910075235995894..comments2024-03-23T11:02:09.341-07:00Comments on History Adventuring: The cemetery in Shawmut, ArizonaBrad Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00533083404576505634noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post-53895358502831259582021-06-16T11:49:58.248-07:002021-06-16T11:49:58.248-07:00Its a Combination Cemetery...Several of the Graves...Its a Combination Cemetery...Several of the Graves are from the Stage Coach time...1880s...and its actually much bigger no Markers..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14939859049289711905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post-68745242678215266542021-05-03T21:32:53.305-07:002021-05-03T21:32:53.305-07:00Helper engines ran from Gila Bend further east to ...Helper engines ran from Gila Bend further east to Estrella where they turned on a wye and went back to Gila Bend to help the next train up the hill.Mhuggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926346160625201935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post-17250529370135336002021-05-03T21:30:29.968-07:002021-05-03T21:30:29.968-07:00The graves are actually at the old station site of...The graves are actually at the old station site of Ocapos. Shawmut siding a few miles east. When they modernized the line in 1960 the old right of way they turned into a siding and renamed it Shawmut removing the two smaller sidings of Shawmut further east and this siding of Ocapos. The bridge foundations for the tracks over the wash held 2 tracks in which one was removed when the siding was removed. If you search Ocapos there is written storey of a RR worker killing a hobo here but they talk about taking the body to Gila Bend. These Graves most likely belonged to railroad construction workers building the original RR through here or people who worked at the station that once stood there.Mhuggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926346160625201935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post-46491365880769620832019-03-01T14:36:18.995-08:002019-03-01T14:36:18.995-08:00I am part of a hiking group in Maricopa Az that ha...I am part of a hiking group in Maricopa Az that has visited Shawmut several times. There is an article online (https://hikearizona.com/decoder.php?ZTN=957) that explains that the community began as the home to "pusher" cars that pushed the early locomotives over a hilly area near the city o Gila Bend. That's all I know about Shawmut. The graves could be of early settlers or they could be native American. The bodies appear to have been buried above ground and then covered with rocks. Nearby Indian communities buried their dead this way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476173179470238176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post-53079404378268019522019-02-18T12:26:50.313-08:002019-02-18T12:26:50.313-08:00Thanks for the info! I had no idea (I'm from M...Thanks for the info! I had no idea (I'm from Minneapolis) and no one else I've talked to has had a clue about it. Let me know if you find out any more!Brad Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533083404576505634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post-19629789821376258352019-02-18T11:06:44.602-08:002019-02-18T11:06:44.602-08:00(I'm from Massachusetts, which is why the name...(I'm from Massachusetts, which is why the name Shawmut hit me.)<br />mtohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314151151706682803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582571784391063912.post-70778568325441941022019-02-18T11:05:39.729-08:002019-02-18T11:05:39.729-08:00I assume whoever established the "town" ...I assume whoever established the "town" was from around Boston. That's a very common business name around Boston; there was even the Shawmut Bank, a large regional bank that was absorbed and reabsorbed into even larger banks. It derives from the Algonquin word for the Boston area. There are dozens upon dozens of businesses and community organizations with the name all around Boston. I found this page when someone in my hiking group mentioned a hike to "Shawmut AZ". I was really curious how a place in Arizona could be named Shawmut.mtohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314151151706682803noreply@blogger.com