Download or read book Cemeteries of San Diego County written by David M. Caterino and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05-19 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its Native American and mission graveyards to its modern megacemeteries, San Diego Countys historical landscape has an incredibly diverse array of final resting places. Cemeteries of San Diego County takes the reader in-depth to reveal the regions dynamic cultural history through dramatic modern photographs and never-before-seen vintage images of the countys most sacred spacesits lost and forgotten historical burial grounds. A number of these graveyards have disappeared entirely, erasing the last vestiges of too many of the regions formative pioneers. This book uncovers the location of dozens of local cemeteries and reestablishes them as consecrated grounds.