Vandals Damage Historic Gravestones at Hillside Cemetery

Reno police are looking for the vandals who damaged several headstones at the historic Hillside Cemetery near the UNR campus. At least four headstones were damaged late Saturday or early Sunday. The markers date to the 1800s and are considered of historic value. Authorities estimate the damage in the range of $15,000 to $20,000. The cemetery is the final resting place for a number of the area’s early pioneers, including a congressman and Paiute Chief Johnson Sides, who worked as an interpreter and “peacemaker” for the U.S. Army.  Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police or Secret Witness at 322-4900.