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Resting
Place of California Pioneers
Adorned with beautiful statues, dramatic markers and
lush gardens,
Sacramento Historic City Cemetery is an
outdoor museum recording California history from
the Gold Rush Era through today.
Since
it's
establishment in 1849,
the City Cemetery has become the resting place of
many remarkable Californians, demonstrating the
diversity of California history and culture. Visitors will
discover the burial sites of Sacramento mayors and
California governors as well as memorials to
Civil War Veterans, Volunteer Firemen
and the victims of the
1850
Cholera Epidemic.
The
City Cemetery is the oldest existing cemetery in
Sacramento. Keeping
with the popular style of the times, it was
designed to resemble a Victorian
garden. Traversed by pathways and grand
avenues, the cemetery provides a park-like setting for
exploring history. Today, volunteers with the
Adopt A Plot
program take over the
gardening of plots - a task once performed by long since departed relatives.
Free
guided walking tours of the Sacramento Historic City
Cemetery are led by Old City Cemetery Committee docents.
Self-guided
tours are encouraged at all times.
Discover
California history. Discover Sacramento's old City
Cemetery!
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