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Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park was founded in 1896, originally as the Mount Olivet Cemetery, and is located at 1601 Hillside Boulevard in Colma, California. Its name was changed later to Olivet Memorial Park , and updated again following its acquisition by Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in 2020.
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park is the final resting site for several members of the celebrated Hearst family, people from the California Gold Rush, plus other prominent citizens from the city of San Francisco and nearby surroundings. By 1992, more than 300,000 had been interred at the site.
The most commonly proposed origin of the name "Colma" is the Ohlone word mean "springs" or "many springs". [10] [5] [6]There are several other proposed origins of Colma. Erwin Gudde's California Place Names states seven possible sources of the town's being called Colma: [11] William T. Coleman (a local landowner), Thomas Coleman (a local resident), misspelling of Colmar in France, misspelling ...
Woodlawn Memorial Park (Colma, California) This page was last edited on 22 June 2023, at 04:42 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Sterling Forest State Park in Orange County, New York This page was last edited on 12 November 2022, at 18:31 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The settlement is a tourist attraction known for its ghost town and the centerpiece of the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park. Coloma was designated a National Historic Landmark District on July 4, 1961. [4] [5] It lies at an elevation of 764 feet (233 m). [2]
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Salem Memorial Park and Garden was founded in 1891, ... 78 Remains from the original Salem Cemetery were exhumed and moved to Colma between 1901 and 1907. [1] [8]