Luper Cemetery is a cemetery located near

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. It is one of the earliest pioneer cemeteries in the southern

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. The site is also known as Irving Cemetery or Baker Cemetery. The first grave site was in 1857, although records indicate that the cemetery began in 1859, when land was donated by Thomas and Elizabeth Baker. The cemetery is named after James Luper, an 1852 pioneer from

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, who settled nearby in an area known for a time as Luper, Oregon. James Luper owned the land surrounding the cemetery. In 2011, almost all gravestones were broken or toppled.

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