Looking out for Poison Oak, it is a leafy plant with a sticky surface. Resembling an Oak leaf, it only has 3 points on the leaf. A saying to remember: Leaves of three, let me be.
Looks like you had a beautiful day for your walk. Part of the cemetery looks cared for, the other part does not, perhaps that is the old section. I am guessing that the cemetery is still in use. The family mausoleums were awesome, especially the first one. This is a very interesting cemetery, and I hope you get a chance to go back one day. Thank you very much for a walking tour Tony. Have a great day. 😊
What an interesting place to visit with the older crypts and mausoleums. Also, the grounds with all the trees and hills make it very unique. Thanks Tony 😊
Awesome video ,loved the old mausoleum especially the one we seen inside of with the caskets I believe that was just a casket but anyways buddy great video enjoyed the walk around I give this 👍👍❤
Cool finds, Tony! The McCartney Mausoleum is quite the building! I am not sure it is a shipping crate, but anything is possible, as the lid is lose and not fitting right. Strange there are plastic 5 gallon buckets in there, could someone have used it for storage as well? The Batto Mausoleum is quite interesting! I love when it is just a gate and you get to see the name plates on the wall! And the last interment was in 2003! Boy! What an odd building the Exposition Mausoleum is! Rather than a Mausoleum, I suspect it was use for storage for quite a while! The 'primitive' Mausoleum is sad, I suspect there is someone interred there, but due to damage, it looks abandoned. Great area! Thanks!
This was a really unique cemetery I enjoyed watching and looking at the different and unusual layout and mausoleums. As a suggestion you might want to take a flashlight with you so you can shine it in there , it makes it much more clearer to see what's in there. I am one that likes to look in and see what's in there. You picked an interesting place. Thank you.
Napa Sonoma Mendocino table wine was a popular ad on tv back in the '60's , they claimed the name was hard to say 😂 but the wine was great ! ... beautiful and unique cemetery , thanks for the tour Tony !
I am not surprised to see all the above ground vaults and mausoleums. If you think about it, this hilly area is rocky. It is easier to build on top of the ground rather than to dig in it.
I found an old cemetery in Sonoma County hidden away and overgrown. It seemed people had kicked over some of the headstones. Tons of free masonry symbolism, and the individuals buried there are founders, settlers, and some of the most important figures of early Sonoma County history. It's about thirty to forty minutes away from Sonoma in Santa Rosa. *Edited for clarification*
@@CryptDoor it's called Faught Cemetery, and it's actually in Santa Rosa/Larkfield. I found an article from Susan Faught who runs it. My brother and I asked her if we could help her clean it up, but she wanted no part of it. She also said punk kids would always come around and trash the place. I tried linking you an article from her written in 1999, but I think it flagged my comment as spam. Also, it's a private cemetery. I'm unsure if Susan or whoever runs it now would be okay with people visiting. Worth a shot I guess Edit: I can't really find further info besides a list of those buried there, some photos, and that article written by the owner. In the aforementioned 1999 article Susan Faught explains her efforts to restore the cemetery, and details multiple issues with the county trying to do so. When I saw the cemetery around 2010-2011 it was in disarray like I explained above. I haven't seen it since, so I really don't know what it looks like now, but it seems 11-12 years before I ever stumbled across this place it was already in ruins.
Sonoma State Home is now the Sonoma Developmental Center. Basically what they used to call the state home for the mentally retarded. Looks like they buried a long term staff member there. Rather interesting place. Has a really strong Italian vibe. Seems like there's a lot more potential in this place for tours.
History by the California Department of Developmental Services: Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) is the oldest facility in California established specifically for serving the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities. The facility opened its doors to 148 residents on November 24, 1891, culminating a ten-year project on the part of two prominent Northern California women who had children with developmental disabilities. In 1883, Julia Judah and Frances Bentley were responsible for forming the California Association for the Care and Training of Feeble Minded Children. Its aim was "to provide and maintain a school and asylum for the feeble-minded, in which they may be trained to usefulness." There are 1,418 people buried in an unmarked field and there are approximately 500 cremated remains of people interred in a vault on the cemetery. Sonoma hired a company to scan the cemetery to find the gravesites. They have a great detailed plot map of all the gravesites and have identified exactly who is in each gravesite. Wikapedia............was called the state home. Had to look it up
I've noticed here in northern California that a number of cemeteries are built on hills, and I wonder why that is? It doesn't seem like a hill would be the best place for a cemetery..
Very lovely cemetery! I'd love to walk around there🪦🏛 Like you said,every cemetery has it's own unique vibe! Thank you for sharing,Tony💜
I honestly think this cemetery is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen!
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Looking out for Poison Oak, it is a leafy plant with a sticky surface. Resembling an Oak leaf, it only has 3 points on the leaf. A saying to remember: Leaves of three, let me be.
You should visit the netherlands we have got some nice mausoleums to and graveyards👍
Used to get out and explore all the time. However, not so much anymore. Now, though, I can with you. Thank you so much, and please go back again !
Lovely looking I thought you were in Italy Jim
Receiving Vault? With the canopy. Very different! I love all the street signs too!
Thank you Tony for this trip.
Hope you remember where you parked your car! 😀
I' like the old cryiptss
So do I
Thanks for the tour. I remember Sabastiani wine from the 70's. Now I know where he's at today.
Now this place was very interesting! Most everything there was quite different!
Looks like you had a beautiful day for your walk. Part of the cemetery looks cared for, the other part does not, perhaps that is the old section. I am guessing that the cemetery is still in use. The family mausoleums were awesome, especially the first one. This is a very interesting cemetery, and I hope you get a chance to go back one day. Thank you very much for a walking tour Tony. Have a great day. 😊
What an interesting place to visit with the older crypts and mausoleums. Also, the grounds with all the trees and hills make it very unique. Thanks Tony 😊
Thank you Tony for showing us if you didn't show us, they would be lost in history.🙃🇦🇺
Awesome video ,loved the old mausoleum especially the one we seen inside of with the caskets I believe that was just a casket but anyways buddy great video enjoyed the walk around I give this 👍👍❤
Yeah the thing is the possible casket was very large.. so that was my guess
@@CryptDoor it was pretty cool ..great job buddy .
Loved it!!!!
This is a cool place. You should take a week and go thru it😁Keep on keeping on ❤️
At that same cemetery? I think people would get sick of it.
Cool finds, Tony!
The McCartney Mausoleum is quite the building! I am not sure it is a shipping crate, but anything is possible, as the lid is lose and not fitting right. Strange there are plastic 5 gallon buckets in there, could someone have used it for storage as well?
The Batto Mausoleum is quite interesting! I love when it is just a gate and you get to see the name plates on the wall! And the last interment was in 2003!
Boy! What an odd building the Exposition Mausoleum is! Rather than a Mausoleum, I suspect it was use for storage for quite a while!
The 'primitive' Mausoleum is sad, I suspect there is someone interred there, but due to damage, it looks abandoned.
Great area! Thanks!
Thank you yeah that shipping crate one it was really large larger than a coffin so I wasn’t sure.
Wow! Thanks for sharing (part 2) right?
What a beautiful cemetery and some lovely mausoleums ❤️
Awesome videos Tony 😄👍
This was a really unique cemetery I enjoyed watching and looking at the different and unusual layout and mausoleums. As a suggestion you might want to take a flashlight with you so you can shine it in there , it makes it much more clearer to see what's in there. I am one that likes to look in and see what's in there. You picked an interesting place. Thank you.
Thank you very much!
I love your voice
Thanks… I hate it myself 😁😂
Napa Sonoma Mendocino table wine was a popular ad on tv back in the '60's , they claimed the name was hard to say 😂 but the wine was great ! ... beautiful and unique cemetery , thanks for the tour Tony !
I am not surprised to see all the above ground vaults and mausoleums. If you think about it, this hilly area is rocky. It is easier to build on top of the ground rather than to dig in it.
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Beautiful cemetery. If the leaves are 3 dont touch it. it's poison
Right on yeah that what someone else said as well. It was just a bunch of greenery I was gonna walk through.
07:45 Good ages for people of that time!
I found an old cemetery in Sonoma County hidden away and overgrown. It seemed people had kicked over some of the headstones. Tons of free masonry symbolism, and the individuals buried there are founders, settlers, and some of the most important figures of early Sonoma County history. It's about thirty to forty minutes away from Sonoma in Santa Rosa.
*Edited for clarification*
What’s the name of it?
@@CryptDoor it's called Faught Cemetery, and it's actually in Santa Rosa/Larkfield. I found an article from Susan Faught who runs it. My brother and I asked her if we could help her clean it up, but she wanted no part of it. She also said punk kids would always come around and trash the place. I tried linking you an article from her written in 1999, but I think it flagged my comment as spam.
Also, it's a private cemetery. I'm unsure if Susan or whoever runs it now would be okay with people visiting. Worth a shot I guess
Edit: I can't really find further info besides a list of those buried there, some photos, and that article written by the owner. In the aforementioned 1999 article Susan Faught explains her efforts to restore the cemetery, and details multiple issues with the county trying to do so. When I saw the cemetery around 2010-2011 it was in disarray like I explained above. I haven't seen it since, so I really don't know what it looks like now, but it seems 11-12 years before I ever stumbled across this place it was already in ruins.
What you are seeing are the entrances to underground crypts many of those probably have stairs to walk down
Sonoma State Home is now the Sonoma Developmental Center. Basically what they used to call the state home for the mentally retarded. Looks like they buried a long term staff member there. Rather interesting place. Has a really strong Italian vibe. Seems like there's a lot more potential in this place for tours.
Thank you very much at the time I couldn’t look it up being I had no signal up there.
BATTO FAMILY all died in their 80's. They had long lives compared to most families for the time
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History by the California Department of Developmental Services:
Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) is the oldest facility in California established specifically for serving the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities. The facility opened its doors to 148 residents on November 24, 1891, culminating a ten-year project on the part of two prominent Northern California women who had children with developmental disabilities.
In 1883, Julia Judah and Frances Bentley were responsible for forming the California Association for the Care and Training of Feeble Minded Children. Its aim was "to provide and maintain a school and asylum for the feeble-minded, in which they may be trained to usefulness." There are 1,418 people buried in an unmarked field and there are approximately 500 cremated remains of people interred in a vault on the cemetery. Sonoma hired a company to scan the cemetery to find the gravesites. They have a great detailed plot map of all the gravesites and have identified exactly who is in each gravesite. Wikapedia............was called the state home. Had to look it up
Thank you for the information I was so high up in the hills there I had no signal for my phone to even look it up.
@@CryptDoor I bet lol
no offense you got my curiosity up
I've noticed here in northern California that a number of cemeteries are built on hills, and I wonder why that is? It doesn't seem like a hill would be the best place for a cemetery..
I notice a number of the older cemeteries are… not really quite sure why maybe because it was land at the time for them to use ?
@cryptdoor Yes its always the older ones that are on hills, I've noticed the same...
So what was the "Shocking discovery "?
It was right there in the first few minutes you didn’t see it?
@@CryptDoor i saw.. strange damage , looked like concrete snapped off with the hinge on the door.. earthquake maybe ?
was that rat poop and pee dripping along the coffin in the second mausoleeum
@@donnacarlson5337 it could’ve been not 100% sure
.... and what was the "shocking discovery", hummmmmm????
I’ll give you a clue… it’s in the thumbnail of the video.
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