VALDEZ CREEK ROAD GRAVESITE
Valdez Creek Road, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska


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This information is transcribed from notes compiled by Virginia Walters 
recorded during a personal visit in the summer of 1999.

This gravesite in located near the former Denali townsite in the 
Matanuska-Susitna Borough.  Valdez Creek Road turns north off the Denali 
Highway at approximately mile 80. At mile 6 Valdez Creek Road there is 
an old cabin on the left of the road going north before crossing the 
creek.  Look right to see the white fences of the gravesite across the 
creek and up the hill.

The notes are taken from "An Historical Resource Study of the Valdez 
Creek Mining District, Alaska, 1977; Peter F. Dessauer and David W. 
Henry"  On page 94 they describe the cemetery "Up the hill, halfway 
to the townsite, is the cemetery which has only three graves."

1.	P. J. McDonald
	b. 1873
	d. 1935
	RIP

Notes: During winter drifting operations a cave-in killed Pat McDonald 
(1873-1935)...Babel and the remaining McDonald brother, Bill, buried 
their partner in the Denali Cemetery above the post office.  (page 52)

2.	Joe Polken
	d. 1922

Notes: Killed in a hydraulic accident in 1922.  (page 94)

3. 	Michael E. Coffield
	b. 1964
	d. 1965
	Our Little Lamb

Notes: 93...and the third for a Coffield child (1964-65) (page 94)