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Pioneer Park began as Calvary Cemetery in the 1870s, providing burial grounds primarily for Catholic residents of San Diego. The cemetery remained active until the mid-20th century.<ref name="GhostsAndGravestones"></ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dotinga |first=Randy |date=2010-11-24 |title=Fact Check: The Bodies Beneath a San Diego Park |url=https://voiceofsandiego.org/2010/11/24/fact-check-the-bodies-beneath-a-san-diego-park/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Voice of San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-24 |title=Pioneer Park - From Sacred Space to Soccer Field |url=http://www.pioneerpark.net/sandiego/downtown.html |access-date=2025-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724005747/http://www.pioneerpark.net/sandiego/downtown.html |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Speciale |first=Gina |date=2007-03-15 |title=SDSU Professor Unearths the Buried Tales |url=https://www.sdsu.edu/news/2007/03/sdsu-professor-unearths-buried-tales |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.sdsu.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dotinga |first=Randy |date=2018-10-31 |title=Spooky San Diego: Bodies Lie Beneath as We Walk, Play and Shop |url=https://voiceofsandiego.org/2018/10/30/spooky-san-diego-bodies-lie-beneath-as-we-walk-play-and-shop/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Voice of San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> | Pioneer Park began as Calvary Cemetery in the 1870s, providing burial grounds primarily for Catholic residents of San Diego. The cemetery remained active until the mid-20th century.<ref name="GhostsAndGravestones"></ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dotinga |first=Randy |date=2010-11-24 |title=Fact Check: The Bodies Beneath a San Diego Park |url=https://voiceofsandiego.org/2010/11/24/fact-check-the-bodies-beneath-a-san-diego-park/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Voice of San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-24 |title=Pioneer Park - From Sacred Space to Soccer Field |url=http://www.pioneerpark.net/sandiego/downtown.html |access-date=2025-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724005747/http://www.pioneerpark.net/sandiego/downtown.html |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Speciale |first=Gina |date=2007-03-15 |title=SDSU Professor Unearths the Buried Tales |url=https://www.sdsu.edu/news/2007/03/sdsu-professor-unearths-buried-tales |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.sdsu.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dotinga |first=Randy |date=2018-10-31 |title=Spooky San Diego: Bodies Lie Beneath as We Walk, Play and Shop |url=https://voiceofsandiego.org/2018/10/30/spooky-san-diego-bodies-lie-beneath-as-we-walk-play-and-shop/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Voice of San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
=== Conversion to a |
=== Conversion to a park === | ||
By the 1970s, the cemetery had fallen into neglect. The City of San Diego removed most of the headstones to transform the area into a public park. | By the 1970s, the cemetery had fallen into neglect. The City of San Diego removed most of the headstones to transform the area into a public park. | ||
== Features == | == Features == | ||
Pioneer Park |
Pioneer Park has grassy areas, eucalyptus trees, and elements that preserve what was there before.{{clarify}} Other notable features of the park include: | ||
* A memorial row of preserved headstones commemorating its history of the once was cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Page • |first=Eric S. |date=2022-10-27 |title=Corpse Pride: We Know Where the Bodies Are Buried This Halloween, San Diego |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/corpse-pride-we-know-where-the-bodies-are-buried-san-diego/3079893/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=NBC 7 San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> | * A memorial row of preserved headstones commemorating its history of the once was cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Page • |first=Eric S. |date=2022-10-27 |title=Corpse Pride: We Know Where the Bodies Are Buried This Halloween, San Diego |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/corpse-pride-we-know-where-the-bodies-are-buried-san-diego/3079893/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=NBC 7 San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
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* Tennis courts located across the street from the main park area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeannie |date=2020-10-21 |title=Pioneer Park |url=https://parksinsandiego.com/pioneer-park/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Parks in San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> | * Tennis courts located across the street from the main park area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeannie |date=2020-10-21 |title=Pioneer Park |url=https://parksinsandiego.com/pioneer-park/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Parks in San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
== Paranormal |
== Paranormal claims == | ||
Pioneer Park is reputed to be haunted, with reports of spectral apparitions and unexplained phenomena. These stories have made the park a point of interest for paranormal enthusiasts.<ref name="GhostsAndGravestones" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-07 |title=Mission Hills Park Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park aka Pioneer Park cemetery ghost haunt |url=https://www.sandiegohaunted.com/san-diego-haunted-locations-places-homes/old-town/mission-hills-park-calvary-pioneer-memorial-park-aka-pioneer-park-cemetery-ghost-haunt/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego Haunted Locations |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-19 |title=Pioneer Park May Haunt You – at Least with its Stories |url=https://sdnews.com/pioneer-park-may-haunt-you-at-least-with-its-stories/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=SDNews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-21 |title=Pioneer Park may haunt you – at least with its stories |url=http://sandiegonewsroom.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36218:pioneer-park-may-haunt-you--at-least-with-its-stories&catid=195:mission-hills&Itemid=217 |access-date=2025-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121172946/http://sandiegonewsroom.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36218:pioneer-park-may-haunt-you--at-least-with-its-stories&catid=195:mission-hills&Itemid=217 |archive-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref> | Pioneer Park is reputed to be haunted, with reports of spectral apparitions and unexplained phenomena. These stories have made the park a point of interest for paranormal enthusiasts.<ref name="GhostsAndGravestones" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-07 |title=Mission Hills Park Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park aka Pioneer Park cemetery ghost haunt |url=https://www.sandiegohaunted.com/san-diego-haunted-locations-places-homes/old-town/mission-hills-park-calvary-pioneer-memorial-park-aka-pioneer-park-cemetery-ghost-haunt/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego Haunted Locations |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-19 |title=Pioneer Park May Haunt You – at Least with its Stories |url=https://sdnews.com/pioneer-park-may-haunt-you-at-least-with-its-stories/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=SDNews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-21 |title=Pioneer Park may haunt you – at least with its stories |url=http://sandiegonewsroom.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36218:pioneer-park-may-haunt-you--at-least-with-its-stories&catid=195:mission-hills&Itemid=217 |access-date=2025-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121172946/http://sandiegonewsroom.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36218:pioneer-park-may-haunt-you--at-least-with-its-stories&catid=195:mission-hills&Itemid=217 |archive-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref> | ||
== Notable |
== Notable burials == | ||
Several prominent individuals and families are interred at the site from its time as Calvary Cemetery. Among them are members of the ] family, known for their ownership of the ]. |
Several prominent individuals and families are interred at the site from its time as Calvary Cemetery. Among them are members of the ] family, known for their ownership of the ]. | ||
Cave J. Couts arrived in San Diego following the ] to assist with mapping the border between the ] and ]. He was the one that helped designing and naming streets in what is now ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pages From the Diary of Cave Johnson Couts |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1976/april/couts/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref> Couts passed away in 1874.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874) - Find a Grave... |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6156421/cave-johnson-couts |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.findagrave.com |language=en}}</ref> | Also the Couts family, who owned ]. Cave J. Couts arrived in San Diego following the ] to assist with mapping the border between the ] and ]. He was the one that helped designing and naming streets in what is now ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pages From the Diary of Cave Johnson Couts |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1976/april/couts/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref> Couts passed away in 1874.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874) - Find a Grave... |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6156421/cave-johnson-couts |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.findagrave.com |language=en}}</ref> | ||
Also buried at the site is ], a Roman Catholic priest who served as the parish priest in San Diego for four decades |
Also buried at the site is ], a Roman Catholic priest who served as the parish priest in San Diego for four decades in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fr Anthony Dominic Ubach (1835-1907) - Find a... |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20967101/anthony-dominic-ubach |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.findagrave.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Glory Years, 1865-1899 |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/books/gloryyears/background/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
The names of the 187 people whose gravestones remain at Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calvary Cemetery, San Diego, CA |url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~clement/genealogy/Calvary/Photos/gravestones.htm |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=freepages.rootsweb.com}}</ref> |
The names of the 187 people whose gravestones remain at Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calvary Cemetery, San Diego, CA |url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~clement/genealogy/Calvary/Photos/gravestones.htm |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=freepages.rootsweb.com}}</ref> | ||
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== See |
== See also == | ||
* ] | * ] | ||
* ] | * ] | ||
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== External |
== External links == | ||
* (https://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/parks/regional/presidio/missionhills) | * (https://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/parks/regional/presidio/missionhills) | ||
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Location | Mission Hills, San Diego, California, United States |
Nearest city | San Diego, California |
Coordinates | 32°45′00″N 117°10′04″W / 32.7499°N 117.1678°W / 32.7499; -117.1678 |
Established | 1870s (as Calvary Cemetery); 1970s (as public park) |
Operated by | City of San Diego |
Open | 6 a.m. to dusk |
City | San Diego |
Website | Official website |
Pioneer Park is a public park in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego, California. Originally established in the 1870s as Calvary Cemetery, it served as a Catholic burial ground before being repurposed as a public park in the 1970s. Despite the removal of most headstones, the remains of the cadavers are still beneath the grounds.
History
Calvary Cemetery
Pioneer Park began as Calvary Cemetery in the 1870s, providing burial grounds primarily for Catholic residents of San Diego. The cemetery remained active until the mid-20th century.
Conversion to a park
By the 1970s, the cemetery had fallen into neglect. The City of San Diego removed most of the headstones to transform the area into a public park.
Features
Pioneer Park has grassy areas, eucalyptus trees, and elements that preserve what was there before. Other notable features of the park include:
- A memorial row of preserved headstones commemorating its history of the once was cemetery.
- A children’s playground for recreational use.
- Tennis courts located across the street from the main park area.
Paranormal claims
Pioneer Park is reputed to be haunted, with reports of spectral apparitions and unexplained phenomena. These stories have made the park a point of interest for paranormal enthusiasts.
Notable burials
Several prominent individuals and families are interred at the site from its time as Calvary Cemetery. Among them are members of the Bandini family, known for their ownership of the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Restaurant.
Also the Couts family, who owned Rancho Guajome Adobe. Cave J. Couts arrived in San Diego following the Mexican–American War to assist with mapping the border between the United States and Mexico. He was the one that helped designing and naming streets in what is now Old Town San Diego. Couts passed away in 1874.
Also buried at the site is Father Antonio Ubach, a Roman Catholic priest who served as the parish priest in San Diego for four decades in the 19th century.
The names of the 187 people whose gravestones remain at Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park:
See also
References
- "1940 Aerial View of Pioneer Park Cemetery | City of San Diego Official Website". www.sandiego.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ^ Ghosts and Gravestones - Pioneer Park
- Dotinga, Randy (2010-11-24). "Fact Check: The Bodies Beneath a San Diego Park". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Pioneer Park - From Sacred Space to Soccer Field". 2011-07-24. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- Speciale, Gina (2007-03-15). "SDSU Professor Unearths the Buried Tales". www.sdsu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- Dotinga, Randy (2018-10-31). "Spooky San Diego: Bodies Lie Beneath as We Walk, Play and Shop". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- Page •, Eric S. (2022-10-27). "Corpse Pride: We Know Where the Bodies Are Buried This Halloween, San Diego". NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- Jeannie (2020-10-21). "Pioneer Park". Parks in San Diego. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Mission Hills Park Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park aka Pioneer Park cemetery ghost haunt". San Diego Haunted Locations. 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Pioneer Park May Haunt You – at Least with its Stories". SDNews.com. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Pioneer Park may haunt you – at least with its stories". 2010-11-21. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Pages From the Diary of Cave Johnson Couts". San Diego History Center | San Diego, CA | Our City, Our Story. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874) - Find a Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Fr Anthony Dominic Ubach (1835-1907) - Find a..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "The Glory Years, 1865-1899". San Diego History Center | San Diego, CA | Our City, Our Story. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Calvary Cemetery, San Diego, CA". freepages.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.