Yorba Linda Historic Cemetery Tour

Описание: On the first Saturday of each month (excluding May), Melanie Goss and other volunteers from the Orange County Parks Historical Operations Group host historic tours of the Yorba Linda Cemetery.

Now located in the neighborhood Woodgate Park, the Yorba Linda Cemetery was originally established on land that was part of Bernardo Yorba's 13,000 acre Rancho Canon de Santa Ana (the Canyon of Saint Anne), granted to him in 1834. After his death in 1858, Bernardo's will deeded property to the Catholic Church containing the San Antonio chapel and the cemetery. Residents of North Orange County, many of them descendants of rancho-era families, were buried at this cemetery from 1860 until the graveyard's closure in 1939, including several from Fullerton.

Because there were not many people living in North Orange County during the hacienda days, families were related. In fact, Dolores Ontiveros, who owned a ranch that encompassed Placentia, Fullerton and Anaheim was buried at the cemetery. Today, the Yorba Linda Cemetery is a historical site maintained by Orange County Parks.

The cemetery is opened to the public on the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Music: "Cast Your Fate to the Wind"
Composed by Vince Guaraldi