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HAHS operates the Meek Mansion and McConaghy House in partnership with the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District, [10] and the San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery with Alameda County. [11] [12] The society sponsors an annual History Awards, honoring local historians and preservationists. The 2012 awards were the 13th held. [13]
San Lorenzo Pioneer Memorial Park, also known as San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery, San Lorenzo (managed by the Hayward Area Historical Society) Saint Augustines Cemetery , Pleasanton [ 5 ] Saint Mary Cemetery , Oakland
The products of the Trojan Powder Factory were shipped on the Southern Pacific railway from the San Lorenzo railroad station. [27] Henry Jorgensen was killed in 1907 in an explosion at the powder factory. He was buried in the San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery. [28] On 17 February 1910 the Trojan Powder Works at Roberts Landing blew up just before 11 ...
The first post office opened in San Lorenzo in 1854. [12] Many of the early inhabitants are buried in San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery, including Moses Wicks, who brought oysters to San Leandro Bay from Patchogue, Long Island. [13] The cemetery is maintained by the county and the Hayward Area Historical Society.
Henry Jorgensen died in an explosion in the Roberts Landing factory, He was buried in the San Lorenzo, California Pioneer Cemetery. [37] 1910: On 17 February 1910, the Trojan Powder Works at Roberts Landing, California blew up just before 11:00 a.m. Five men were killed at once and three died later at the county infirmary.
The cemetery was photographed by the Works Progress Administration on July 21, 1937. The landscaping of the San Lorenzo shrine at that time was opuntia and cholla. [9] The original wooden crosses are already gone from the burial ground. One grave marker or footstone is visible in the center. [10] San Lorenzo Garden in front of the burial ground
The State of Iowa defines "pioneer cemetery" as "a cemetery where twelve or fewer burials have taken place in the past 50 years". [2]The State of Nebraska defines an "abandoned or neglected pioneer cemetery" as having been founded or situated upon land that "was given, granted, donated, sold, or deeded to the founders of the cemetery prior to January 1, 1900", and that "contains the grave or ...
It borders on Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery (also known as All Saints or Portuguese Cemetery) which was first established in 1875. [2] It is operated by the All Saints Catholic Church in Hayward. [3] Many of the historic gravestone inscriptions are in Portuguese. [4] Hayward Plunge at Memorial Park Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery