Olivet Catholic Cemetery was a 440-acre farm located in rural Jefferson County between Denver and Golden which as purchased in the 1860s by Bishop Joseph Projectus Machebeuf, Denver's first resident bishop.

Olivet Cemetery was consecrated on September 25, 1892 by Bishop Nicholas Chrysostom Matz.

Olivet Cemetery was Elizabeth Kelley of Annunciation Parish on July 5, 1892.

Union Pacific funeral trains made almost daily trips from Denver to Mt.

The trains were met by teams of ponies or horses, hitched to funeral biers, to travel up the long drive into the cemetery proper.

Colorado's largest and most deadly influenza outbreak arrived on or about September 20, 1918.

On October 7, a statewide advisory was posted to close public places and gatherings.

Gallagher Memorial Chapel, dedicated in 1939, “stands guard” over the entire Mt.

[4] Reddy Gallagher was a red-headed, colorful boxer and wrestler who was a major proponent of the sport of boxing in Denver and had a long career as a sports columnist for The Denver Post.

Several disinterred bodies were of men in full military uniform, including spurs and swords.

One grave contained several newspapers dating back to April 22, 1905; a copy of The Boston Post headlined the opening game of the American League between Philadelphia and Boston, in which Rube Waddell saved the day for Philadelphia.

[7] Another astonishing tale from men who worked on the project relates that when the grave of an Irish woman from Leadville was uncovered, the scent of rose petals filled the air.

Sanctity terrified all the created great problems for Church officials who had to verify or deny the saintliness.

Despite intensive research by The Denver Catholic Register, the Irish woman remains a mystery.

E. J. Mannix delivered stirring sermons on patriotism and the virtue of praying for souls of the dead.

In one of his sermons at a Memorial Day Mass, Bishop Tihen reportedly urged those at Mass to visit the cemetery often, to bring their picnic lunches and enjoy the beauty as a park of inspiration.