Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery

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heritage site historic cemetery

Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery is a historic burial ground in present-day Omaha, Nebraska, where many Latter-day Saint pioneers who died during the 1846–1848 Winter Quarters encampment are interred and commemorated.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery canonical	1
Winter Quarters historic cemetery	1
Winter Quarters pioneer monument	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6702408 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery
Context triple: [Winter Quarters, Nebraska, hasMemorial, Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery]

A. Goodsprings Cemetery
Goodsprings Cemetery is a small historic burial ground near the town of Goodsprings, Nevada, known for its Old West character and association with early local settlers.
B. Bodie Cemetery
Bodie Cemetery is the historic burial ground of the former gold-mining boomtown of Bodie, California, preserving the graves and stories of its 19th-century residents.
C. Green River Cemetery
Green River Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Springs, New York, known as the final resting place of many prominent artists and writers associated with the East End art community.
D. Wamego City Cemetery
Wamego City Cemetery is a local burial ground serving the community of Wamego in Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
E. Union Field Cemetery
Union Field Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground located in Queens, New York City.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery
Target entity description: Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery is a historic burial ground in present-day Omaha, Nebraska, where many Latter-day Saint pioneers who died during the 1846–1848 Winter Quarters encampment are interred and commemorated.

A. Goodsprings Cemetery
Goodsprings Cemetery is a small historic burial ground near the town of Goodsprings, Nevada, known for its Old West character and association with early local settlers.
B. Bodie Cemetery
Bodie Cemetery is the historic burial ground of the former gold-mining boomtown of Bodie, California, preserving the graves and stories of its 19th-century residents.
C. Green River Cemetery
Green River Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Springs, New York, known as the final resting place of many prominent artists and writers associated with the East End art community.
D. Wamego City Cemetery
Wamego City Cemetery is a local burial ground serving the community of Wamego in Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
E. Union Field Cemetery
Union Field Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground located in Queens, New York City.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heritage site ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ
associatedWith	Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ linked to: Mormon pioneers The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Winter Quarters encampment ⓘ
category	Cemeteries in Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ Historic sites in Nebraska ⓘ Mormon pioneer sites ⓘ Properties of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
city	Omaha ⓘ linked to: Omaha, Nebraska
commemorates	Latter-day Saint pioneer deaths during the Winter Quarters encampment ⓘ Mormon pioneer migration ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eraOfBurials	1840s ⓘ
geographicRegion	Midwestern United States ⓘ
hasFunction	cemetery ⓘ memorial site ⓘ
hasGravesOf	Latter-day Saint pioneers ⓘ Mormon pioneers ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasInterpretiveFeatures	historical markers ⓘ pioneer memorial sculptures ⓘ
hasMonument	Winter Quarters pioneer monument ⓘ linked to: Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery
heritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	Douglas County, Nebraska ⓘ Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
maintainedBy	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
near	Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple ⓘ historic Winter Quarters settlement site ⓘ
notableFor	large number of pioneer child and infant burials ⓘ role in the Mormon pioneer trek to the Salt Lake Valley ⓘ
NRHPType	historic site ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
ownedBy	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
partOf	Winter Quarters historic area ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
religiousTradition	Latter-day Saint ⓘ linked to: Latter Day Saint
significance	documents mortality and hardship of the Winter Quarters encampment ⓘ
state	Nebraska ⓘ
timePeriodCommemorated	mid-19th century ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedForBurialsDuring	1846–1848 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winter Quarters, Nebraska → hasMemorial → Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery ⓘ

Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple → adjacentTo → Winter Quarters historic cemetery ⓘ

linked to: Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery

Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery → hasMonument → Winter Quarters pioneer monument ⓘ