 Headstone at Mountain View Cemetery in 2014 | |
| Details | |
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| Location | 1411 W Belmont Ave, Fresno, California |
| Country | United States |
| Find a Grave | Mountain View Cemetery |
Mountain View Cemetery is a cemetery in Fresno, California, opened in the 1880s. [1]
| Headstone at Mountain View Cemetery in 2014 | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Location | 1411 W Belmont Ave, Fresno, California |
| Country | United States |
| Find a Grave | Mountain View Cemetery |
Mountain View Cemetery is a cemetery in Fresno, California, opened in the 1880s. [1]
In the early 1880s, Moses J. Church donated 80 acres of land along Belmont Avenue for the establishment of cemeteries. [2] [3] He named the combined plot Mountain View Cemetery but subdivided it and allocated it to a number of groups, such as Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist, Episcopal, Christian, Masonic, Odd Fellows and many others. [3] No fences were installed between the areas. John S. Eastwood performed the initial survey the property in 1888 as Fresno's City Engineer at the time. [4] The 10-acres of donated land earmarked for the Armenian community became Ararat Cemetery. [5]
Upkeep for the cemetery was assigned to the local Odd Fellows lodge. [6] In 1910, citizens became concerned with plant overgrowth and lack of a map showing ownership of individual plots at the cemetery. They formed the "Mountain View Cemetery Improvement Association" and took over some management duties. [6]
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