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About Exchequer CemeteryExchequer, near Bonanza, was immortalized by its most famous citizen, Anne Ellis. Ellis wrote The Life of an Ordinary Woman, which was largely based in Exchequer and Bonanza. Along with Tomboy Bride, by Harriet Fish Backus, and Father Struck It Rich, by Evalyn Walsh McLean, The Life of an Ordinary Woman is part of the triad of famous books written by women who lived during the great gold and silver rush in Colorado in the mid- to late-1800's. Ellis, her two brothers and her mother (who died at just 39) are all buried in Exchequer Cemetery. The child grave in the opening photo and the grave shown below illustrate the great diversity of tombstones in this small cemetery. Exchequer itself is now basically gone, but the cemetery lives on due almost entirely to the power of this one author. ![[Exchequer Cemetery]](../images/bonanza4.jpg) |