Buried History El Dorado County

(PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA) Aug 19, 2022 — We are pleased to announce our 2022 annual event!

Buried History Presents
Save the Graves, Honoring History’s Main Street Merchants
Saturday, October 15 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Placerville Union Cemetery
650 Bee Street, Placerville, 95667

Join Buried History’s Save the Graves as we Honor Main Street Merchants of the past. Enjoy an autumn Saturday stroll through the cemetery grounds where you will encounter first-person theatrical interpretations of notable merchants, entrepreneurs, provisioners, and traders from the history of Placerville’s first commercial corridor.

This year’s characters will include (in no particular order):

• DOROTHEA ZEISZ
  Born 1841, Died December 5, 1919
• GERTRUDE KIRK CORNELISON
  Born 1889, Died July 7, 1974
• HENRY NUMBERS TRACY
  Born November 13, 1836, Died November 18, 1900
• HENRY SYLVESTER MOREY
  Born 1839, Died 1921
• JOE RUPLEY
  Born April 10, 1858, died July 28, 1922
• MARGARET AKINS O’KEEFE
  Born May 28, 1868, died March 30, 1943
• MARY (“Mollie”) SOPHIA REYNOLDS
  Born September 21, 1853, Died July 17, 1944 (age 90)
• WILLIAM HILL COMBELLACK
  Born April 7, 1853, Died March 7, 1929