Potter Field, approximately 52^nd and Mormon Bridge Road, was established as a county cemetery by Douglas County in 1887 but hasn’t been used for burials since 1957; the county now pays to bury people who would otherwise have ended up in Potter Field in the old days.  The records for this plot are kept at Forest Lawn, right around the corner from Potter Field.

The land is not owned by Forest Lawn, but it is surrounded by that larger cemetery, and is cared for by Forest Lawn employees now.  For many years, though, it was not.  It had fallen into neglect, and was in pretty bad shape.  My husband mentioned that his scout troop and others spent a lot of time there in the 60’s and early 70’s, trying to clean up the area as best they could. 

There are almost 4,000 burials in it, but only a few markers.  In the 80’s, a volunteer group got together and completely renovated the cemetery.  New gateposts were built, and the circular walk shown in the bottommost picture was put in, along with the known names of all the inhabitants, which were engraved on brass plaques and placed on the stone blocks.