Uniontown was a short-lived but significant community founded in the 1840s on the area's Potawatomi reservation. Joseph Napoleon Bourassa, a prominent Potawatomi, was instrumental in establishing the settlement, which for a time thrived as a ferry crossing and supply post for Oregon Trail travelers. But in 1849 and 1850 cholera outbreaks devastated the community. After the second outbreak, the inhabitants burned the settlement (60 buildings) and abandoned it. The exact site of the town is unknown. The only remaining evidence is the small cemetery comprising three separate marked burial areas, each enclosed by a native stone wall: (1) the circle of stones around the tree marks the mass grave of the cholera victims; (2) a rectangular wall surrounds the graves of the Joseph Bourassa family, but Joseph likely is not buried here; (3) and to the south are graves of the Green family who bought this property in the 1870s. Additional gravestones can also be found throughout this grassy area. Today Uniontown Cemetery is owned by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, which allows respectful visitors to view the cemetery.