ECV1850 Plaque:
Hacienda Cemetery


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HACIENDA CEMETERY
CALIFORNIA REGISTERED POINT OF
HISTORICAL INTEREST NUMBER SCL-052

DATING BACK TO EARLY 1850'S, THIS
CEMETERY WAS IN USE UNTIL 1920'S,
WHEN MUSICIAN BEN BLACK, WHO WROTE
THE THEN POPULAR SONG, "MOONLIGHT
AND ROSES", BOUGHT SOME OF THE MINING
COMPANY LAND AT THE HACIENDA AND
SUBDIVIDED IT.

BERTRAM ROAD WAS CUT THROUGH THE
LENGTH OF THE TRACT AND THROUGH
THE CEMETERY OVER THE TOPS OF AN
UNKNOWN NUMBER OF GRAVES. AFTER
BETNG TAX-DEEDED TO HISTORIAN GENE
VENNUM, HE TURNED THE HACIENDA
CEMETERY OVER TO THE CALIFORNIA
PIONEERS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY IN
1974.
DEDICATED OCTOBER 10, 1981

NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST, SAN
JOSE PARLOR No. 22; CALIFORNIA
PIONEERS OF SANTA CLARA Co., AND
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER No. 1850,
E CLAMPUS VITUS

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THIS PROPERTY
HACIENDA CEMETERY
HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE
NATIONAL REGISTER
OF HISTORIC PLACES
BY THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


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This plaque is located at
21480 Bertram Road.
New Almden.
Santa Clara County, CA.

GPS
  Hacienda Cemetery  
WGS84 Datum
N 37.17708°
W 121.82005°



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