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From: K Haddad <>
Subject: [Old Bones CEMETERY-L] Re: Old Ventura Cemetery
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 03:33:31 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <1cb.1407b1a5.2ce0523d@aol.com>


Wow! This looks like yet another cemetery they desecrated! I believe the one we've been talking about, turned into a park, was done about 5 years ago or less. How sad... I sure wish a retired lawyer and genealogist in CA would take up this cause. I've been working for 2 years to get a cemetery restored in KY (and I live in Canada).

Katheryn

wrote:
IF this is the cemetery on Main near the intersection with Santa Clara, then this dismantling
was done back in the late 1950's early 1960's. I graduated high school in 1964. The city build a rec center on the west side of the old cemetery property as we used to go to dances there. Then the ground started sinking and I think they tore it down.

The old headstones were dumped up (I think) Hall canyon, north and east of Ventura High School football stadium. Not too far up, seems near a locked gate, maybe less than 1/4 mile past the last house. I remember seeing them dumped over the east side of the road, just over a berm.

Hope that helps someone in their search.

Ron



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