Oldest Haunted Cemeteries In Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota

These are the oldest and some would say most haunted cemeteries in Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota. 

South Dakota became a state in 1889, but there were many burial grounds that existed across the plains long before that.

According to Readers Digest the oldest established cemetery in South Dakota is Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood.

I've toured Mount Moriah which is the final resting place of Wild Bill Hickok and rumored girlfriend Calamity Jane.

You'll also find Seth Bullock and Sol Star buried there. Before Seth Bullock became the first sheriff of Deadwood he opened a hardware store with Sol Star to provide tools for the arriving gold miners.

According to Gold Country Deadwood..."There have been reports of people hearing disembodied voices and children laughing; people have also mentioned the feeling of being watched. 

There are certainly several tragic death stories in Deadwood’s history, one of which was a smallpox epidemic from 1878-1880, taking the lives of many Deadwood children."

You can find Minnesota's oldest established cemetery in St. Paul.

Oakland Cemetery was established in 1853. At the time a standard plot sold for $3.15.

Haunted Places says Witnesses who have seen one ghost that is believed to haunt Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul.

This apparition has been described as being in her mid-twenties, with shoulder-length brown hair, blue eyes, and wearing a turn-of-the-century lace dress.

Woodland Cemetery In Des Moines, Iowa is the state's oldest and perhaps most haunted graveyard. 

Woodland Cemetery was established in 1848 before Des Moines was even the state capital.

It's said that visitors to Woodland Cemetery have claimed that they felt the presence of spirits, or spotted orbs and figures in their photos.

Two people have been murdered at Woodland - in the 1560s and in 2006. Grave Robbers have also disturbed the sacred site.