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Evergreen Cemetery (Santa Cruz, California)

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of 1882). The Chinese section of the cemetery allowed for traditional Chinese funerals featuring firecrackers, processions and a Chinese oven-onsite for food served. The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History oversaw the construction of a Chinese gate in 2014, to honor those buried. The Grand Army of
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In 1955, there was a Christmas flood and it left the cemetery in poor shape, and over time the cemetery was with overgrown plants and toppled gravestones. In 1973, Renie Leaman led an effort to restore the cemetery.
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The Evergreen Cemetery is built on 8 acres of land, and features wrought iron fences around some family grave sites. It is located near Harvey West Park.
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The land for Evergreen Cemetery was a gift from the Imus family. An early burial at this cemetery was a baby named Julia Arcan, who died in
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in 1850. Some say the first burial was in 1858, when Harry Speel fell off a cliff at what is now called Cowell Beach.
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and was established in the 1850s. Since 2008, the Evergreen Cemetery is under the management of the
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the Republic section, was created by a fraternal organization of the
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veterans honoring those who fought to end slavery and supported the
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The cemetery is divided into five sections including the
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is a public cemetery located on Evergreen Street in
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