Butcher Hill Cemetery (aka Foothill Cemetery)is located just outside of Yreka, California at the foot of Butcher Hill in the northeast section near the city of Yreka. There is no sign but the cemetery is "sort of" enclosed by a very old chain link type fence.
This is an open field cemetery.The earliest marker found at Butcher Hill is Harvey Newton March 1855; the last marked is 1940. Many of these graves are pauper, therefore are not marked. This is pioneer land, and I assume a lot of the burials here are early miners and settlers.
If anyone has info I can add about the history or interns, please let me know!
