Founded in 1860, the Blue Springs Cemetery has the distinction of being Nebraska's Oldest Recorded Cemetery, registered on January 25, 1862. The first burial was Allen R. Johnson age 8 years and 2 months. Allen drowned in the Blue River on September 25, 1857, his re-interment in what was then known as the Blue Springs Methodist Cemetery (northeast corner of today's cemetery) was shortly after the Cemetery was established. The grave is marked with a First Burial monument in the Original Addition. (http://www.bluespringsne.com/cemetery.html)