Cheesman Park cemetery lore

Cheesman Park in Denver occupies the site of the 19th-century Prospect Hill (City) Cemetery, which was cleared and landscaped into a park around the turn of the 20th century. Local lore holds that some graves and remains were not fully removed, and stories of returned bones and mysterious disturbances circulated in the early park’s history. Visitors and local historians continue to recount anecdotal reports of odd sightings and sensations in the park, which are debated and not established as fact.