Cemetery Tours offered
Labor Day Weekend
For the first time ever, Roslyn Cemetery will feature Cemetery Tours over Labor Day weekend. Those interested should meet at the cemetery kiosk at the time listed below for a walking (or driving from point-to-point) tour highlighting the cemetery's rich ethnic history.Special tours can be arranged by appointment - roslynmuseum@gmail.com. Admission by donation.
Sat. September 4th
12:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Sun., September 5th
12:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Roslyn Cemetery
The Roslyn Cemetery on the hills above Roslyn is a reflection of the rich ethnic mix that settled in Roslyn around the turn of the century.
To get there from Cle Elum: head northwest on highway 903, continuing another mile after the round-about until you reach Pennsylvania Ave., the major intersection in Roslyn. Turn left on Pennsylvania heading west past the museum and up the hill merging into fifth street. Turn left onto Memorial Drive and enter the lower section as shown on the map below.
To get there from eastbound I-90: take the Roslyn/ Salmon La Sac exit (80) and turn left on Bullfrog Road. Continue through the Suncadia entrance round-about and then take the second turn-off in the second round-about to Roslyn on highway 903. Turn left on Pennsylvania Ave. heading west and up the hill,merging onto fifth street and turning left o to Memorial Drive.
To get there from Cle Elum: head northwest on highway 903, continuing another mile after the round-about until you reach Pennsylvania Ave., the major intersection in Roslyn. Turn left on Pennsylvania heading west past the museum and up the hill merging into fifth street. Turn left onto Memorial Drive and enter the lower section as shown on the map below.
To get there from eastbound I-90: take the Roslyn/ Salmon La Sac exit (80) and turn left on Bullfrog Road. Continue through the Suncadia entrance round-about and then take the second turn-off in the second round-about to Roslyn on highway 903. Turn left on Pennsylvania Ave. heading west and up the hill,merging onto fifth street and turning left o to Memorial Drive.
Worth visiting, the kiosk at the lower entrance of the cemetery details the 1892 mine explosion that took 45 lives.
Roslyn Cemetery is really an ammalgemation of 25 separate cemeteries abutting each other on 15 wooded acres on Roslyn's west hill.
Each cemetery was owned by a lodge - a fraternal organization that often represented an ethnic group. Above, members of the Redmen Lodge organized in 1898.
Pictured - members of an Italian Lodge posing in Roslyn around the turn of the century.
The Redmen Lodge Cemetery was created in 1899 for members of their lodge that disbanded in 1950. Upkeep of this and other lodge cemeteries has been left to family members.
Cacciatori D'Africa (Hunters of Africa) Cemetery was organized by one of the Italian lodges in Roslyn.
Mt. Olivet where families of black coal miners were laid to rest.
This was Roslyn's first established cemetery and where some of the 45 miners killed in the 1892 mine explosion were buried.
Many headstones in the Roslyn Cemetery reflect central and east European customs brought to Roslyn by immigrants.
A metal headstone in the oldest section of the Roslyn Cemetery, Old City, where the earliest residents of the area were laid to rest.