This site is a family cemetery for the Adams family. The site includes the cremains of three people and the burial of one other. The cremains are of Eddie Basden, brother-in-law, and Maude & William T. Adams, the parents of Robert W. Adams. Bob Adams is also buried here. His grave is marked with a small stone and a wooden cross. In addition to the markers there is a large family monument located in the cemetery.

This is one of the most beautiful family cemeteries I have seen. It was developed in a natural setting, with little alteration to the landscape. The fence was built with log rails between river rock columns. Where large boulders existed they were incorporated into the fence line. The gate was built using an antique wooden wagon wheel. The latch was fabricated from an old horseshoe. Just inside the gate is a small bench to rest and meditate.

"Bob Adams was a giant of a man. His shadow of concern touched the lives of all of those who surrounded him. He was benefactor, preservationist, protector and, above all, citizen concerned with his world." Bob Adams was born October 8, 1917 in northern Wisconsin. His youth was spent in the heart of the nation's dairy land. In 1937, after little more than a year in college, Bob moved to Rawlins, Wyoming to join his father in the purchase of a small milk plant. The war intervened and in 1942 Bob joined the Armed Forces, trained as a bombardier. He was in a B-24, returning from a mission over Berlin, when the aircraft was shot down. Bob was held for a year as a prisoner of war in a German prison camp. He escaped and was assisted by a German family who gave him food and hid him from the enemy forces. He rejoined the American forces on April 22, 1945. After his discharge he returned to Rawlins and his fathers business.

Over the next few years Bob developed his own businesses which included the Lost Creek Oil and Uranium Company, later to become Western Nuclear, and the Energy Coal Company later to be called Energy Fuels Corporation. That company was to become the operator of the largest coal mine in Colorado and the biggest single employer in Routt County. The reclamation programs put into effect at Energy became showcases of excellence in land use.

Bob Adams died on September 23, 1982. Internment was held on Adam's property in Routt County on Tuesday afternoon. Only the immediate family was present. (obituary Steamboat Pilot Oct. 1982)

ROUTT COUNTY CEMETERY: #RT037
COLORADO HISTORICAL SITE: #5RT966
LOCATION: 9,999 ft north of RCR#16
BURIALS: 4 burials with 3 inscribed stones from 1975 to 1993
CONDITION: 91 ft x 71 ft in excellent condition, enclosed with a wooden fence
USGS QUAD MAP: BLACKTAIL MOUNTAIN, CO 7.5 1969 UTM 13; 347090 mE 4457710 mN
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: T3N R84W 6th PM NE4, SW4, NE4, SW4 SEC 3

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