New Memorial Rock Project Memorandum(PDF, 464KB)
About
Canyon Hill Cemetery and Main Office are located at 2012 N. Illinois Ave., Caldwell, Idaho 83605. The cemetery is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. all year-round. The cemetery Main Office is open Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and appointment only on Friday (closed on holidays and during staff lunch hours).
The cemetery is a city-owned cemetery that is dedicated to providing friendly and professional services to patrons either visiting the cemetery or experiencing the loss of a family member.
Information
The City of Caldwell Cemetery Map(PDF, 5MB) displays the layout of the Cemetery grounds. If you head north on N. Illinois Ave., you'll find the office at the front. Numbers on the map represent Block Sections for gravesites, separated by roads. Each section has small squares indicating lot locations. In most sections, there's one row of stones per square. However, in Blocks 66-79, each square contains two rows of stones. For precise grave locations, please reach out to the Cemetery.
Internment Shelter
Located within the cemetery, along Old Glory Ln, the Canyon Hill Internment Shelter may be reserved for use on a first come basis. Call the office to book, two-hour intervals. 208-455-3055 or 208-455-4784.
Andy McCluskey History Monument
Visit a little Caldwell history at the McCluskey donated monument on the North end close to the Mausoleum.
The top of the entrance stone has a QR Coin,“History Starts Here” and is an audio welcome, plus suggestions on navigating the coins.
Coin #1
“Hidden Gems” is narrated by Historian Chuck Randolph. Chuck tells the story of five famous/interesting people buried in the Canyon Hill cemetery. Example: Assassinated Governor Stuenberger, Whittenberger’s $12 million foundation to local charities;
Coin #2
“Romance of water” tells about the Ward Massacre; the Oregon Trail coming through this area; where they camped; and fording the Boise river, back and forth, to shop in Middleton. It also tells the importance of water to this area,
Coin #3
“Early Commerce” tells the story of businesses over 100 years old in the Valley: Simplot, Caxton Printing, Crookham Seed Company, etc.
Coin #4
“Farming the Farmer” tells the story of local man and his many businesses. Harry helped dig Lake Lowell with a team of horses, Farmed, owned multiple businesses in the valley including, cream testing station, 3 tire stores, four service stations, an oil distributorship, the first self-service gas station, served as Mayor, and talked Jack Simplot into putting his first potato plant in Caldwell.