"The tiny Bridal Veil Cemetery is still maintained and open to the public, though a bit hard to locate: an obscure gravel driveway drops off the north shoulder of the I-84 access road at Bridal Veil, just below the Historic Columbia River Highway. A number of early settlers from the area are buried in this lonely window into the past."

"The cemetery is located between where the mill was and the actual town itself. Finding the cemetery isn’t that hard, but the road to it isn’t immediately obvious. Take the Bridal Veil Exit off I-84. Past the Church there are three driveways. The second one is a bit hidden but it leads to a small two car parking lot at the upper end of the cemetery."

A thread on the Portland Hikers Forum regarding George Shepperd's wife Mattie's gravestone

"The cemetery’s last burial was in 1934. Many of the gravestones standing today account for the historic smallpox and diphtheria outbreaks that swept through this part of Oregon over a century ago. On Memorial Day 2006, the Bridal Veil Historical Preservation Society held a service in the cemetery to mark gaining the deed and rights to preserve the cemetery. The Society was hoping to also gain title to the building and land of the Bridal Veil Community Church, but unfortunately time ran out before they were able to do so and it was demolished on October 27, 2011."

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