The date the Frisco Cemetery was established is uncertain; what is known is that it is more than 100 years old. Much of the cemetery appears overgrown, but it is deliberately left in that condition for most people interred there had requested "burial in the wild." The cemetery has four plots; the three in the wild are reserved for the Deming, Lund and Thomas/Mogee families, while the one in the mowed area is for members of the Rocky Mountain Bible Church. It is surmised that most of the earliest and unmarked graves are for miners or prostitutes.
In 1951 a big uproar erupted in the town when newcomer Emil Slovak claimed that a half acre of the cemetery was on his ranch. He erected a barbed-wire fence on what he determined was his property line and threatened to dig up the graves on his side of the fence. After a court battle with Frisco officials, Slovak lost his case. He eventually sold his ranch.
The cemetery doesn't house only the dead. The mowed area is home to dozens of prairie dogs, and the wild area, especially the east side, counts at least one resident badger. While the birds and squirrels that nest in the trees are welcome, the ground inhabitants are not.
Directions: The Frisco Cemetary is located on the east end of Main Street in Frisco.