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When the land was purchased in 1858, it cost the city $ 50,000. The first plot was established later that year; however, the oldest grave found in the cemetery is that of Sara Strout, who died in 1810. Her grave is the only lasting grave that is legible amongst the slate graves in the tree line.
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