Way Cemetery - Klamath County, OR
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
N 42° 00.812 W 122° 08.812
10T E 570639 N 4651630
This pioneer cemetery is located on a very rocky and bumpy road (Topsy Grade Rd) in Klamath County, OR.
Waymark Code: WMJG7G
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member Max Cacher
Views: 3

Located just north of Topsy Grade Rd is an older pioneer cemetery with about 25 internments and counting. I located a nice website, Waycemetery.homestead.com, that highlights this cemetery and reads:

A Pioneer Cemetery on the old stagecoach route between Copco Lake, Siskiyou County, California and Keno, Klamath County, Oregon, it contains Graves of Early Settlers-Ranchers of the area. Named for the Thomas Cranor Way family. It is four-wheel drive accessible, a nice day trip from Henley-Hornbrook, California; Ashland or Keno, Oregon.

A short hike North of Way Cemetery will reveal a breathtaking view of the wild Klamath River and its natural sounds of the wilderness.

Location: From Oregon: approx.11 mi. South of Hwy.66 from Topsy Park via Topsy Grade.
From California: approx. 8 mi. North-East of Copco Lake, Along the wild Klamath River, or 5km North East of Beswick.

Please do not disturb any headstones, take only Photos and Memories.


There is also another webpage that details the lives of the Thomas Cranor Way family and can be read in more detail here. This cemetery is named after his family. For fear the site might shut down, I've posted text from his life and reads:

Descendants of Thomas Cranor Way

Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS CRANOR 9 WAY (THOMAS B.8, SETH7, HENRY6, PAUL5, JOHN4, WILLIAM3, AARON2, HENRY1) was born July 02, 1833 in , Wayne, Indiana, and died April 04, 1905 in , Klamath, Oregon. He married MARY POLLY ROBINETT Abt. 1865 in , Siskiyou, California.

Notes for THOMAS CRANOR WAY: Thomas was elected Constable of Big Valley Township, Siskiyou, California on February 24, 1872, but he and Mary spent most of their life in the area running a stage stop on the road from Yreka, California to Klamath Falls, Oregon. The "Way Station" was located near the Way Cemetery on Topsy Grade Road, just north of the California line in Klamath Co., Oregon. He is buried there.


City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed

Approximate number of graves: Not listed

Cemetery Status: Not listed

Cemetery Website: Not listed

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