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Submitted: 3/17/09 • Approved: 3/17/09 • Last Updated: 4/15/18 • R1477-G0-S3
In the southeast corner of the cemetery, a stone marker reads 'Fairmount Cowboy 1890'.
Story was that a drifter cowboy died. The locals buried him.
Nobody knew who he was. A cowboy said, "Well, he had a fair mount (horse)".
Thus, the name Fairmount Cowboy. That is how the cemetery got its name.
Contributed on 3/17/09 by rjmayfield
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