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.
Where they converts by choice or forced to convert?
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