Hacienda Cemetery

Old pioneer cemetery. A bit overgrown but still very interesting. Grave markers, mostly wooden ones, from the 1850s and 1860s. One ARM is buried there, which (it's my understanding) was not an uncommon practice when a limb was severed.

Old historic cemetery that dates from 1850. Many Mexican miners from New Almaden mine are buried here, and some of the headstones are in Spanish. Most of the plots are surrounded by fencing, I don't know why but maybe it was what they did back then. Many headstones are also wood and not rock.
Of interest is that "Bert" Bertram's arm is buried here. Just his arm, and not the rest of him. Apparently, there was a hunting accident and he shot his arm with a shotgun and the arm was amputated. The law back them required that body parts be buried and so the arm is buried here. Bertram road which bisects the cemetery is named after Bert Bertram. Be sure to read the sign next to Jenny Danielson's headstone, and maybe you will want to leave some flowers. The cemetery is owned by the California Pioneers of Santa Clara, a non-profit historical group. The cemetery was surveyed and historical documents were used to help preserve the cemetery before it disappeared. The information board was an Eagle Scout project of Paul Teel. This interesting cemetery in a residential neighborhood is worth a stop to complete your history tour of New Almaden.