Evergreen Cemetery, or Evergreen Memorial Park is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

Riverside, California Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. As of the 2020 census, the city has a population of 314,998. It is the most populous city in th ...

, United States. The first burial occurred in 1872, and the cemetery became the resting place of many historic figures of Riverside.

History

A portion of the current cemetery was originally set aside in 1870 when Riverside was platted. When the ''Riverside Cemetery Association'' was formed on November 11, 1873, they named the cemetery the Riverside Cemetery.Gunther, Jame Davies. ''Riverside County, California, Place Names; Their Origins and Their Stories'', Rubidoux Printing Co, 1984, p. 182. . In 1880 the Riverside Cemetery Association incorporated as the Evergreen Cemetery Association. In 1966 the name Evergreen Memorial Park and Mausoleum was adopted, and burials continue today in the newer sections of the cemetery under that name. The older sections of the cemetery, now named the Evergreen Historic Memorial Cemetery, were in disrepair for many years, but were restored in 2008 through a cooperative effort by concerned citizens and the city.

Notable interments

* Hershel L. Carnahan (1879–1941), 30th Lieutenant Governor of California (1928–1931) * Marcella Craft (1874–1959), Riverside resident who became an international opera star. * Stephen W. Cunningham (1886–1956), first UCLA graduate manager and Los Angeles City Council member, 1933–41 * Milton J. Daniels (1838–1940), a

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member from California. *

Isabel H. Ellis Isabel "Bell" Harris Ellis (February 28, 1881 – November 25, 1962) was the president of the Riverside Woman's Club. Early life Isabel "Bell" Harris Ellis was born in Crawford County, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1881, the daughter of James Harris ...

(1881–1962), president of the Riverside Woman's Club * Edmund C. Hinde (1830–1909), was a

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during the

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, and diarist whose journals are held by the state of California. *

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(1865–1942), politician, inventor, and businessman. * Willits J. Hole (1858–1936), an American businessman and Southern California real estate developer. Known as the "father" of

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. (Buried with wife Mary B. Weeks-Hole (1865–1938).) * John T. Jarvis (1847–1932), elected Mayor of Riverside in 1926. *

Frank Augustus Miller Frank Augustus Miller (June 30, 1858 – June 17, 1935) was the owner and chief developer of the Mission Inn in Riverside, California, United States, where Frank Augustus Miller Middle School was named after him. He was also a civic leader an ...

(1857–1935), founder of the Mission Inn in Riverside, California. *

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(1815–1890), a 19th-century pioneer, American statesman, and founder of Riverside, California. * Cornelius C. Smith (1869–1936), Indian Wars

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recipient. *

Eliza Tibbets Eliza Tibbets (born Eliza Maria Lovell; 1823–1898) was among early American settlers and founders of Riverside, California; she was an activist in Washington, D.C., for progressive social causes, including freedmen's rights and universal suffra ...

(1823–1898), planted the first navel orange in California, spawning the citrus industry in California. * Luther C. Tibbets (1820–1902), along with his wife, helped spawn the citrus industry in California. * Al Wilson (1939–2008), soul singer. * Henry Westbrook (1847–1922) Contractor, Builder, Banker, Fruit Company Executive & Director of the Riverside Water Company.Evergreen Cemetery, people, Henry A. Westbrook
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References

External links

* {{Official, http://www.evergreen-cemetery.info/index.php Cemeteries in Riverside County, California Landmarks in Riverside, California Geography of Riverside, California 1870 establishments in California Cemeteries established in the 1870s

History

Notable interments

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