Bonner County

Cabinet Cemetery

Johnny Painter has the actual deed to the Cabinet Cemetery, a gift from Julia Newell, a Montana woman, in the late 1960's. Mr. Painter and his wife, Pat, showed us the location of the cemetery.

Directions from Sandpoint are: Take Highway 200 into Clark Fork City. Once in the city limits turn to your right on Stevens Street and follow it toward the railroad tracks and river. When you cross the tracks take the road to the left which will go to the old Clark Fork Bridge across the river. The bridge is safe for travel even though it may not look it. Once across the bridge follow the road to your left for about 7 miles and you will notice a road goes to your left. There is a sign indicating the Cabinet Fish Hatchery is this direction. Follow this road for about 2 or 3 miles and you will notice a sign to the fish hatchery points to the road going to the left that crosses the tracks. Do not take this road. Stay on the main road and continue on. A short distance from there you will see a road to your right that goes up the hill toward a lodge.

Follow this road just past the lodge and you will notice some hound dog kennels on your right. The cemetery is just past these dog kennels on the right side of the road and is very hard to see.

The cemetery is in it's natural state. Many of the stones are overgrown and many of the burial sites are not marked.  - Mary Garrison

f/p Family Plot

Harris, Alice Elnora        08-05-1859    09-20-1939    
Harris, Charles Henry        12-27-1855    01-10-1935
Harris, Edgar Earl        03-02-1930    05-05-1945
Harris, Richard E        1939        02-19-1952
Kojander, Charles        06-13-1887    02-20-1933    f/p 3
Kojander, Elsie            10-04-1886    10-1970        f/p 3
Kojander, Hilda            02-20-1865    02-10-1924    f/p 3
Lloyd, Donald            11-26-1930    09-04-1940    
Lloyd, William Thomas        01-26-1875    11-23-1943    
Maki Victor            1884        06-15-1923
Painter, Charles Ray        12-07-1895/6    03-25-1969
Payne, Barry Edward        1939        11-30-1940
Payne, William Henry        09-07-1889    03-19-1939    
Peterson, Paul Percival        09-20-1932/3    12-22-1933/40
Silta, Antti (Andrew)        09-16-1873    05-03-1944    
Unknowns (possible Chinese Railroad workers)

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