The abandoned graveyards of early LA

For the first 40-odd years of Los Angeles’s existence, departed citizens were carted off for burial to the graveyards of Mission San Gabriel, about 10 miles to the east, or Mission San Fernando, about 20 miles to the north. This time-consuming and distressing state of affairs was finally remedied when La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles, the Catholic c... read more...