1. Cemeteries

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:
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.
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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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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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  • 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.
  • 1911 Advertisement
  • Original left gate
  • Main Gate
  • Original right gate
  • I have not seen this sign in any other cemetery.
  • Sign at the exit. Apparently, this is important information you should know as you leave...
  • AKA, "Why our grass is dead"...
  • The Rules
  • I don't think so...
  • I don't know how long this car has been sitting at that curb right inside the gate but it's been so long that there are heavy-duty cobwebs attaching the front bumper to the ground.
  • International Funeral Home
  • Crematory
  • Crematory seen over the graves
  • Sweeping views of more than 300,000 burials.
  • Ewart-Strohm
  • View 1
  • View 2
  • Nancy Workman, mother of E.H. & W.H. Workman<br /> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workman-Temple_family">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workman-Temple_family</a>
  • Julia & Thomas Workman
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