Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Mission Cemetery

Burials have taken place at the Mission Dolores cemetery from the 1790's until the 1890's. Once covering a larger area it has been consolidated into the present site.

The remains of some 5000 Native American converts have been brought together into a mass grave.


Most of the present grave markers are from after the Gold Rush and comprise notable citizens who have given their names to the streets of the city.


1 comment:

  1. Where they converts by choice or forced to convert?

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