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Here lie many immigrants from central, eastern, and southern Europe, who came to work in Pittsburgh’s industrial valleys. In the early twentieth century, they were often buried in the obscure back lots of established cemeteries, where the more desirable sections had already been claimed by better off “old” Americans of English, German, or Irish descent.

Before long, however, many newly formed ethnic churches, synagogues, and fraternal groups sought their own land as a final resting place for their members.