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Endangered California Cemeteries
- Avery Grave
Grave of B.C. Avery; north side of
Rattlesnake Bar Road, west of Hwy 49, Pilot Hill; grave marker has
been removed; rocked cairned gravesite still on hill above road; on
private property; with loss of institutional memory grave may at a
future time be bulldozed with no one the wiser; grave was the topic of
early newspaper accounts based on facts provided in the El Dorado
County history published in 1883.
- Ben Bolt Mountain
Latrobe area; one grave known to exist; local area
woman desired burial there circa 1910-1920; have not located as yet;
hill being used for various antenna and transmission towers.
- Bowman Grave
Grave of William "Billy" Bowman; South
Shingle Road, on portion of old Spring Garden Ranch; Bowman purchased
this 1 rod square of land from owner Bullard; in the 1980's a
developer bulldozed and toppled the marker Bowman made for himself but
was stopped from doing further damage by local area residents; EDC
Pioneer Cemeteries Commission went to Assessor's office and obtained a
separate parcel number for Bowman's grave by producing copy of deed;
area still needs constant watching as it is on hilltop (now preferable
for new homes) and only watchful diligence may protect it.
- Chili Bar Toll House Cemetery
South side of Hwy 193 within Nugget Campground resort;
a portion of this cemetery has been bulldozed for a vehicle and bus
turnaround zone; only grave of Ella Coolidge (daughter of toll house
owner) is marked, thanks to Native Daughters of the Golden West; bulk
propane tank installed within 10 feet of marker.
- Chinese Cemetery
El Dorado; northwest corner of El Dorado Road and
Pleasant Valley Road; deeds referencing location on file; cemetery
used circa mid-1850's to 1870's; now an empty corner lot that is ripe
for further development.
- Chinese Cemetery
Weber Creek; south of Lotus Road within Sierra Rock
Company's Weber Creek Quarry; may have already been quarried out;
local area family descendant of the Williamson family stated in 1997
that he believed the cemetery was endangered; no site review performed
at this time.
- Darlington Meadows Cemetery (aka: Darlington
Cemetery)
Cedar Ravine Road and Weber Creek crossing; cemetery
established on old ranch of early pioneer Abraham Darlington; on land
transferred from the El Dorado County Water Agency to the El Dorado
Irrigation District; will be impacted by the Texas Hill Reservoir
Project; site review revealed existence of graves outside fenced
boundary.
- El Dorado House Cemetery (aka: Bentley
family plot)
Business Drive, south of Durock Road, Shingle
Springs; now on a commercial business lot within Barnett Business
Park; cemetery dates to Nov. 1850 with the death of co-owner of this
road house, George Richardson; later owner, Ellen Bentley, buried her
daughter and son-in-law there in the early 1860's after the son-in-law
murdered the daughter and committed suicide; last documented burial
occurred circa 1905-1910; one grave believed to have been relocated to
Sacramento's East Lawn Cemetery (Serena B. Bullard, possibly daughter
of Ellen Bentley); lot currently for sale and construction may be
forthcoming.
- Gold Hill Cemetery
Cold Springs Road and Gold Hill Road, between
Placerville and Coloma; burials occurred between the 1850's and early
1900's; fenced family plot intact, but one known marker moved from
grave site and placed inside family plot; number of burials unknown
but considered numerous; cattle grazing and ground discing have
obscured any surface evidence of additional grave sites; only Ground
Penetrating Radar might identify graves outside of plot so they may be
protected.
- Indian Burying Ground
South of Clarksville, in area of Screech Owl Creek;
residential development approval pending; archaeological and cultural
resources report failed to identify cemetery to exist; location
unknown but certain.
- Kanaka Valley Cemetery
Kanaka Valley Road; between Rescue and Salmon Falls
district; one grave identified; others believed existent, but not
documented; area in the project zone for the Salmon Falls Preserve
subdivision.
- Log Cabin Ravine Cemetery
Bedford Avenue, Placerville; cemetery cited in minutes
of Placervile City Common Council in the 1850's; was to have been
relocated at no expense to the City; no notice published as required
by Council; cemetery not relocated; may have already been impacted by
residential building, but locals recall it was intact several years
ago.
- St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
Hastings Dr (old Starbuck Rd) and Tourmaline Way, north
of Green Valley Road; this cemetery established in 1882 by Catholic
Diocese; consecrated in May 1883; local developers obtained land
adjacent, fire district required a second egress/ingress and a road
was cut through the middle of the Church's property without
permission; three residential building lots occupy the south end of
Church's property, El Dorado County General Services approved the
staking for a Pacific Telephone switching station building on top of
the Edward Angus McDonald family plot and building constructed in the
late 1980's; Diocese sued County, developer and Pacific Bell in 1998;
settlement with telephone company still pending; County agreed to
maintain the cemetery forever; developer paid an unspecified amount of
money to keep the three lots; considered PARTIALLY OBLITERATED.
- Ringgold Cemetery #1 & #2,
Big Cut Road and Quarry Road; Placerivlle; town of
Ringgold emerged just after Weberville which was just north of
Ringgold; two cemeteries became necessary with the large number of
burials; each are within the inundation zone for the Texas Hill
Reservoir project and are on land transferred by the El Dorado County
Water Agency to El Dorado Irrigation District; most graves unmarked.
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