Dedicated to preserving historic cemeteries in Arizona. Email us at:
[email protected] or by mail at P.O. Box 33192, Phoenix, AZ 85067
Located in downtown Phoenix between Jefferson & Harrison St between 15th Ave and 13th Ave, are the Smurthwaite House built in 1897 and the Pioneer & Military cemetery with graves dated back to the early 1870's.
Help preserve a little bit of Arizona history by joining the PCA today. How can you help? The PCA needs volunteers to serve as:
Cemetery tour leaders
Smurthwaite House hosts
Researchers to look for newspaper obituaries published before 1914
Researchers to locate historic cemeteries in other counties and submit information about them to the Inventory of Arizona's Historic Cemeteries (IAHC)
Transcribers to read Greenwood Cemetery grave markers for burials taking place before 1906
Transcribers to record epitaphs in the P&MMP cemeteries or others of your choice
Researchers to comb Maricopa County records for deeds to undertakers Bradley, Mohn, Randal and Smith
Researchers to search City of Phoenix records for cemetery survey maps made circa 1935
Artistically-inclined publicists to design event fliers
Contributors to write articles for the PCA newsletter
Biographers willing to 'Adopt a Pioneer' and research their lives
Any cemetery-related ideas of your own
Reviews, get directions and information Pioneers' Cemetery Association.
