Dakota Territory Vol. 1 No. 4 1970.                                                                                                        This old abandoned cemetery lies in the woods, on a hillside about one hundred yards from the old Harney Ranger Station which has been closed for the past several years. All lies on Government Forest Reserve. Most of the old markers are gone and no one apparently kept records of the burials. The following are taken from records taken in 1940 and by contact with some older residents of the area.                                                                                                                                             Found on the hillside are two markers bearing initials; one partially buried the other is loose upon the ground. One reads R.A.Q. And the other H.O.O. And could belong to the Quiners.                            There is also a stone in place that appears to bear crude lettering. There are three individually fenced plots, and what appears to be wooden markers all illegible lying about on the ground.                Mrs. Martha Linde also tells of a Mr. Atchinson being interred here. There is no marker to be found for him through several in our party conducted a thorough search. His son was Herbert Atchinson, formerly of the Rockerville area. This Mr. Atchinson was killed in a runaway - horse that is-not a car. HARNEY CITY (Pennington County) was laid out in 1876 and was named for nearby Harney Peak, which was named for Gen. William Harney. During 1877 and 1878 the new mining camp flourished and grew into a prosperous town with a post office and school house in addition to the usual business stablishments. But the placer mines proved difficult to work because of the depth of the gravel and the difficulty of putting down bed rock flames. Within a few years the town had nearly disappeared and today only the old school building remains. South Dakota Writers Project Book. South Dakota Place Names WPA project 1940.