SHERIDAN — While most Sheridan residents assume the city owns all of the property inside the Sheridan Municipal Cemetery, that is not the case, according to city attorney Brendon Kerns.

Historically, fraternal groups like the Elks Lodge, Masons Lodge, Oddfellows and Big Horn Mountain Lodge have owned pieces of cemetery property. The lodges maintained the property while the city provided water for irrigation, Kerns said.

But as these fraternal orders experience a decline in membership, the city has to plan for what will happen when and if the orders dissolve, Kerns said.

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