First - Cemetery in Mountain View Ca
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member WalruZ
N 37° 23.327 W 122° 05.012
10S E 581127 N 4138396
The first cemetery in Mountain View Ca, (not that you can tell now...)
Waymark Code: WMTJF
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 49

Behind the Mountain View city hall is a park, and near the sidewalk is this sign...

It turns out the park, Pioneer Park, is the site of what was originally Mountain View's first cemetery.

Originally a church cemetery, in the early 1900s the cemetery was given to the city to use as a park. The city just threw down the headstones and covered everything over.

It's a pretty downtown park, with large shady trees around a well manicured lawn.

but there are still bodies buried throughout the property.

FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location

Date of FIRST: 03/19/1861

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