Subject: [ParanormalCalifornia] Day 4: Our Amazing Journeys In Santa Cruz California Report April 24th 2016
Date: 3/16/2018 1:15:40 AM Pacific Standard Time
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This report is a continuous segment of our journey in Santa Cruz and while I did this adventure a couple years ago I still remember it very vividly. As a matter in fact I try to remember every location I visit because every single one of them in my book is relevant especially historically even if its just a brief report.

We were on our 4th day of the adventure I was starting to feel sheer exhaustion as the day before I spent it at the Henry Cowell Redwoods, Bigfoot Museum, Roaring Railroad Camp, Felton Bridge, The Mystery Spot, Court Of Mysteries, Natural Arches Beach and Evergreen Cemetery. The 4th day was a little more relaxed for me but it still would require visiting two major historical sites one being the Santa Cruz Memorial Park Cemetery and the second being Misión la exaltación de la Santa Cruz.

I fell they are both are important sites I mean the mission alone dates back to the 1700's when the Spanish had arrived exploring California's coastline. However, the cemetery dates back to around the mid 1800's and is Evergreens sister graveyard. I consider them to be both places of energy, history, culture and even haunting's.

I have to say Santa Cruz is a really amazing city its full of paranormal hot spots, mysteries, beautiful beaches, historic sites and this would be our final day here. Not final as in forever but these two locations would wrap up the last of our expedition. Ill tell you what I needed my caffeine fix because I was so tired from the night before and I cant sleep because I have to stay up all night charging equipment.

We would check out of our hotel it was so so they failed to give us an extra bed as requested for my son. But for the price and location it was not to bad as I was only about a mile from the cemetery so I merely only needed to stop across the street get some donuts and coffee then get ready for another awesome day which also included driving along the California Coast and even petting sharks at the local aquarium.

Santa Cruz Memorial Park Cemetery

This is a gorgeous place right along the San Lorenzo River which makes it a prime spot for nature. When I had arrived and parked within the cemetery there were deer grazing, squirrels eating nuts, flowers everywhere and nature was very abundant here. To be honest with you half of the reason I do what I do is to get out in nature. I love seeing wildlife especially when you do not expect it and when I came here I did not expect to see as much nature as I did so close to downtown Santa Cruz.

The cemetery was erected in 1862 not as old as Evergreen Cemetery that we went to the evening before but no less this does not make it any less historic. As a matter in fact when the cemetery was first erected it was owned by the Impendent Order Of Odd Fellows and they purchased this very land we were on. The I.O.O.F. was similar to that of the Masons a fraternal group which often was found throughout the west.

The cemetery has many notable interments which ill discuss more on our website in depth along with some of the haunting's here. But some of those western historical figures are Georgiana Bruce Kirby, Fred Swanton, Mary McDermott, Henry and Marion Meyrick, Joseph Smallwood and Frederick Hihn just to name a few. Then we have one of the most infamous white lady of Santa Cruz which is said to haunt this cemeteries grounds.

Many of the gravestones are that of children who died in the summers of 1876 and 1878 from a Diphtheria epidemic. So when you walk through the graveyard you tend to see children ranging from under a year old all the way up into their teens. Despite how great of a city Santa Cruz was death came knocking at peoples doors here which just shows you how hard it was to raise children in the wild west because the threat of disease and illness loomed constantly.

If you journey to the south section of the cemetery there is this towering pedestal and monument that looks as it has a large urn on top draped with a carved in stone cloth. But it represents the thirteen men who died when the California Powder Works had exploded in 1898. As a matter in fact the powder works was not to far from here and the explosion shook the city of Santa Cruz.

I absolutely love all the trees, birds and their are quite a few crypts as well here. I am so excited to add this location onto our site because its one of my more precious intriguing cemeteries. While parts of Evergreen Cemetery are in peril the memorial park is in really great shape. I seen a few broken stones some cracked due to earthquakes and a few laying on the ground. But for the most part their are hundreds of pioneer gravesites fully in tact and in fairly decent shape.

Besides the river behind the cemetery so are the foothills to the Santa Cruz Mountains so this is also a very pretty place. That is why today its called a park because its prettycommon for locals to come up here just to jog or sit on a bench under a tree. I had a Doe laying on the grass just watching me as I was walking around taking photos.

Also on site is The Mission Chapel it has Spanish Architecture and even a red tiled roof. I did not check out the chapel believe it was closed. But many of the niches found here are those who died in more recent years. My prime focus was the pioneers and grounds of the memorial park. No less the chapel is still very intriguing to walk around at.

Their is a place also called the Mariposa Gardens I guess this is a little newer but it has ponds, flower gardens and little paths you can take. It is divided into four sections the Family Estates, Creek Side Boulder Estates, Spanish Fountain Plaza and the Granite Monument Niches. I was so intrigued with the nature here I spent a little more time with my camera capturing it. They have this lion fountain with four lion heads that spew water from their mouths its really stunning.

This is one of these places that I could talk about or I could just show you so with that being said I prefer to show you. I did get some EMF readings within the cemetery so I do believe that it could be haunted. The cemetery has tales of love and loss some people died tragic deaths while others were victims of Murder. Santa Cruz at one time had more serial killers then anywhere in the country just like Alfred Hitchcock wrote some of his masterpieces here.

When we were done with the cemetery I took a ride along the coastline as a matter in fact I had somehow gotten lost because I took the wrong road while trying to visit the Seymour Marine Center. In between Memorial Park and the Holy Cross Church I wanted to take a break have some down time. So we did tour the marine center petting starfish, sharks and getting to interact with marine biology it was pretty awesome. They even had a massive skeleton of a blue whale and other whale species.

Once we were done having fun at the local marine center and enjoying the views from the top of the cliffs of Santa Cruz Beach we would head on off to our final destination in Santa Cruz for the day which would be Misión la exaltación de la Santa Cruz and prior to that a nature hike at the Arboretum.
Lord Rick

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