Old Drift cemetery

The Old Drift Cemetery is a small burial site near the Zambezi river in modern-day Zambia. It includes the graves of early European settlers and visitors to nearby Victoria Falls who died of causes such as malaria and is located in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park. Settlers eventually left the area for higher ground, where the town of Livingstone was formed.[1]

Notable burials include:

References

  1. ^ Chris McIntyre (2008). Bradt Zambia: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 160. ISBN 9781841622262. http://books.google.com/books?id=p1DfesuY5HsC&pg=PA160. 
  2. ^ "Plaque from Old Drift". Zambia & Rhodesia Genealogy leads web site. December 5, 2009. http://a-brickwall.blogspot.com/2009/12/plaque-from-old-drift.html. Retrieved 2010-04-27. (name is Samuel Taylor Alexander on memorial)