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El Campo Santo - Industry

(Don't confuse with "Campo Santo" in San Bernardino)
The Homestead Museum family cemetery, aka El Campo Santo. Created by the Workman-Temple family in City of Industry.
Read this:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/cemeteries/elcampo.txt
And this:
https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2021/04/25/never-was-a-ceremony-so-impressive-the-dedication-of-the-walter-p-temple-memorial-mausoleum-24-april-1921/
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The Workman Family Cemetery "El Campo Santo" ("The Sacred Ground") was established in 1859 by the Workman family. In 1860, a brick chapel named "St. Nicholas Chapel" was built. It was destroyed by fire 40 years later. When the Temple family bought the property in 1917, their first priority was renovating the cemetery. The mausoleum was completed in 1921.
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The Workman Family Cemetery "El Campo Santo" ("The Sacred Ground") was established in 1859 by the Workman family. In 1860, a brick chapel named "St. Nicholas Chapel" was built. It was destroyed by fire 40 years later. When the Temple family bought the property in 1917, their first priority was renovating the cemetery. The mausoleum was completed in 1921.

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  • The Workman Family Cemetery "El Campo Santo" ("The Sacred Ground") was established in 1859 by the Workman family. In 1860, a brick chapel named "St. Nicholas Chapel" was built. It was destroyed by fire 40 years later. When the Temple family bought the property in 1917, their first priority was renovating the cemetery. The mausoleum was completed in 1921.
  • Tree in the Heart-Shaped flower bed outside the entrance to El Campo Santo
  • The Fenced Portion of the Cemetery
  • IHS Gate
  • Temple Headstone
  • Walter, Jr. & Nellie Temple
  • Walter P. Temple headstone
  • James W. Davis headstone
  • Jean Tate headstone
  • Obelisk
  • John Rowland of Rowland Heights fame
  • Reed Headstone
  • Juan C. Lorenzana Headstone
  • Margaret M. O'Brien
  • Adrian D. Temple headstone
  • John H. Temple headstone
  • Guy Lamar Farris headstone
  • I love cemetery trees
  • Joe Davis headstone
  • Silvestre Mirelles headstone
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