ACM

Yesterday afternoon I was walking around on a little ridge not more than a mile from the Gap.  I was watching for aboriginal carvings.  I didn't see any, but I did find a historic graffito.  At the turn of last century, ACM left his initials on the ridge.  Who was ACM?  Assuming that it was a "he" and that he is probably no longer with us and that he may have been a local, I looked at the map of the Parowan Cemetery.  Actually, I do not have a copy of the complete map, but only a very nice partial rendering by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers showing the locations of some of the most interesting or famous graves.  For example, two-term Utah governor Scott M. Matheson is buried in Parowan, and his grave is labeled on the map.  But, speaking of Matheson, ACM could have been one:  Matheson is a very common name in the Parowan Cemetery.  The other two "M" names that are historically, or famously, common in the Parowan Cemetery are Miller and Mitchell.  I immediately thought of Arthur Miller, but I don't believe the death of that particular salesman occurred in Parowan.  Moving on to Mitchell, I found that there was an Albert in the Cemetery.  So I went to look.  Albert C. Mitchell?  Nope.  Albert O. Mitchell born in 1906.  The mystery remains unsolved.