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I was amazed when I learned (from the net) that in 1900 San Francisco banned new cemeteries. But they didn't stop there: eviction notices were soon sent out. A
by 8bitsrule 7y ago
I was amazed when I learned (from the net) that in 1900 San Francisco banned new cemeteries. But they didn't stop there: eviction notices were soon sent out. And from 1902 to 1947, bodies were moved out. Headstones were rounded up and dumped along the shores.
Many of the bodies wound up in Colma ... which now has 17 cemeteries, 73% of the city's land.
http://www.sfmuseum.net/hist1/index0.html#cemeteries http://www.sfmuseum.net/hist1/index0.html#cemeteries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colma,_California#San_Francisco_cemetery_relocations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colma,_California#San_Francisc...
- stevula 7y agoThey used many of the headstones to pave parts of the walkways Buena Vista Park and some other areas of SF.