[1] “The cemetery grounds consist of a rectangular lot surrounded by a masonry and stucco wall built in 1926 by architect John Byers.A photo from the 1890s shows a few wooden crosses placed on graves, “all of them [now] long gone.”[5] Ground-penetrating radar provided by UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and search dogs trained in “historical human remains detection” were used to find the lost locations of the graves.She convinced her father not to develop the cemetery land, provided for the construction of the adobe wall, and donated the statue of San Lorenzo, which is from Mexico and carved out of a whole tree trunk.In 2011, the owners of the “garden” property, Fred Marcus and Davida Rochlin, sold the land (then said to be valued at $127,500) for $35,000, so that the cemetery would always be accessible to descendants and students of history.[11] The sanctuary garden and burial ground are closed to the public but the descendants occasionally offer guided tours, including to students from the local Canyon Elementary School.
Memorial marker placed as part of the restoration project
