Monument to the Man

A Monument to the Man and his Wife

 In 1860, a few years after Minnesota became a state, the legislature passed a law regarding the interment of the dead.  This law required cities and villages to establish and maintain cemeteries for their people.

 In 1861, Hillside Cemetery, just north of Perkins, was created to serve the village of Monticello.  At the time its location was at the southern edge of town.

 In 1883, Riverside Cemetery was established.  It is located by the Mississippi River on the west end of Monticello.  It is here where George Bertram and his wife, Julia, are buried.  The stone monument is well weathered but the words are still legible.

There is however a mystery that still needs to be solved . . . George Bertram died in 1879 and the cemetery was not established until 1883.  What?  Where?

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