Collection: Mount Hope Cemetery - Webb City

The park-like design of the cemetery was laid out by Midwest landscape architect Sid J. Hare. The roads and avenues were designed for horse drawn carriage traffic and were lined with young trees and shrubs planted by Edward Teas. The cemetery location was directly adjacent to the railway right-of-way. The railway made the cemetery accessible to every city served by the inter-urban electric cars. For many years the railway cars were converted and utilized as funeral cars – that is until automobiles and better roads became available.