First Cemetery in Alturas, CA
N 41° 28.823 W 120° 32.875
10T E 704727 N 4594989
This plaque exists within a pioneer cemetery south of W Carlos Street in Alturas, CA.
Waymark Code: WMJKPQ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2013
Views: 2
Located south of W Carlos Street in Alturas lies a pioneer cemetery that contains a number of graves, many which have been preserved by volunteers of the community. In the center of the cemetery is a piece of lava rock with a plaque monumented in front and near a flag pole that reads:
PIONEER CEMETERY
THE FIRST CEMETERY TO BE USED BY THE
RESIDENTS OF ALTURAS FROM 1872 TO 1890.
APPROXIMATELY SIXTY BODIES OF PIONEER
RESIDENTS ARE INTERRED HERE.
RESTORATION BY COOPERATIVE EFFORTS OF
THE N\ATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST
THE ALTURAS GARDEN CLUB
AND
THE ALTURAS CEMETERY DISTRICT
DEDICATED FEBRUARY FIRST, 1964 |
Through doing some online research I discovered that a number of graves in this cemetery were moved to the Alturas Cemetery at the request of family members of the deceased, thus, the plaque inaccurately notes the true number of graves that remain here. In addition, I also discovered a couple of gravesites located outside the perimeter fence and were in poor condition, with no headstones of identifiable markers.
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