Troublesome Cemetery

The Troublesome cemetery is a private cemetery owned by the Pickering family. It is located about
four miles east of Kremmling, on Highway 40; and can only be accessed through the Baumgarner ranch,
thus permission to go there would need to be obtained from both families. The total area of the
Cemetery is a quarter of an acre and contains eleven to twelve graves. This cemetery is badly
run down and very little can be seen there, other than sage brush.

According to the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) history department the first burial in the Troublesome
cemetery took place in 1872-1873. An unidentified man died during the winter. As the ground was frozen hard,
at that time, he was wrapped and placed on the roof of the cabin until a grave could be dug for him on the
hill above the cabin.

There are only 2 stone markers in the cemetery.

Galen Elliot Hill Died Mar. 4 1889 Aged 36 YS. 11 MS. 24 DS.
In The enclosure containing Galen Hill’s stone there is room for another grave but it appears that there was only one burial.

Henry J. King Died Dec 6, 1879 Aged 54 YRS. 9 MS. 6 DS.

On the same stone as Henry J. king is:

Minnie A King Dau of H. J. & A. King Died Mar. 21, 1882 Aged 14 YRS. ? MS. 28 DS.

There is also two white Marble footstones, one with M.A.K. and one with H.J. K.

In the enclosure where Henry King’s stone is located there are 3 graves. Although there is no marker and no
verifiable evidence it is possible that the third grave enclosed with Henry and Minnie King’s is Albina T. King,
wife of Henry, mother of Minnie. Albina, born 29 Nov. 1825, died in Alameda County, California 12 May 1923.
She was cremated and her remains were returned to the family with no known burial in California.

Other stones are field stones (MossRock) at the head of at least 2 graves.

Other known burials in this cemetery are:

Linnie Hester Becker b. 3 Mar 1887 - d 9 Nov. 1894
Roy Emerson Becker b. 12 Jan 1890 - d 25 Nov 1894
Claud Clinton Becker b. 3 June 1892 - d December 1894
(Note: it was thought that these 3 children and their older brother all died of Typhoid Fever, however it is not a
proven fact and only these children of this family were affected. The older brother, Jules Becker, died in Denver on
20 November 1894 and was buried there,) The Becker children are the grand-children of Henry King.

The remaining graves are unknown. There are no family members that are not accounted for. These graves may have been
other neighbors or people just passing through, as the King ranch located at Troublesome was also a post office and lodge.

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