page_title: Helen Hunt Jackson
section_title: Death and burial
hierarchical_section_title: Helen Hunt Jackson / Death and burial
caption_attribution_description: English: HELEN HUNT JACKSON'S GRAVE; JACKSON DIED IN COLORADO SPRINGS WHERE SHE HAD COME TO CONVALESCE FROM TUBERCULOSIS; HOWEVER SHE APPARENTLY DIED OF STOMACH CANCER AT AGE 55
context_page_description: Helen Hunt Jackson was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor. Her novel Ramona dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and attracted considerable attention to her cause. Commercially popular, it was estimated to have been reprinted 300 times and most readers liked its romantic and picturesque qualities rather than its political content. The novel was so popular that it attracted many tourists to Southern California who wanted to see places from the book.
context_section_description: Jackson died of stomach cancer in 1885 in San Francisco. Her husband arranged for her burial on a one-acre plot near Seven Falls at Inspiration Point overlooking Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her remains were later moved to Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs. At the time of her death, her estate was valued at $12,642.
caption: The site of Hunt Jackson's grave in Colorado Springs
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