Evergreen - L.A.
Founded August 23, 1877, 69-acre Evergreen was the first non-Catholic cemetery in L.A. See the details - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Cemetery,_Los_Angeles - and here - http://untappedcities.com/2013/02/11/where-la-is-buried-at-evergreen-memorial-park/
A lot of fascinating reading:
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THE BOOK - "Evergreen in the City of Angels" published by The Studio for Southern California History. You can get it on almost any book website. Get the $6 paperback.
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https://evergreencemeterylosangeles.wordpress.com/
THE BOOK - "Evergreen in the City of Angels" published by The Studio for Southern California History. You can get it on almost any book website. Get the $6 paperback.
On a hot, dry August day in 1877, Mayor Frederick A. MacDougal of Los Angeles officially established Evergreen Memorial Park, in what is now known as Boyle Heights, as the first official and sanctioned cemetery in the city of Los Angeles.
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