This site was inspired by the city of Los Angeles and the many individuals in Evergreen Cemetery who represent its history. This site provides information on Evergreen Cemeteryin East Los Angeles. Evergreen was founded in 1877 and serves as one of Los Angeles' oldest cemeteries. Its history reflects the the city both in who is buried here but also in its current neglect. Its past includes discrimination and segregation but its function is about of recovery and remembrance. In offering this website, we hope to invite discussions of how to best preserve Evergreen Cemetery in ways that respect all of its history and its concurrent need to function as a business. We remind anyone who is interested in visiting Evergreen Cemetery, or any other memorial park or cemetery, to give space to those who are grieving and to show respect for everyone.

Special thanks to the lovely ladies at the front desk at Evergreen Cemetery's administrative office who have assisted in documenting this site by providing searches always conducted with grace and patience.

Nancy Bautista for research and the coordination of the GPS locations for all the sites included here;
Bob Drwila for his beautiful photographs and map reading abilities;
Gilbert Hom & Gene Moy of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California for fighting for the protection of all us when helping to preserve those at Evergreen Cemetery;
Todd Gaydowsky at the City Archives for the City of Los Angeles for help with research;
Steve Goldstein of the book & website BeneathLosAngeles.com for his assistance in learning of actors & Hollywood pioneers at Evergreen Cemetery like Jolly John Larkin;
Google Maps for allowing us to make this history at once geographically specific and allowing us to present information in dynamic ways;
Christian Lainez for building the timeline and researching relevant dates through back newspaper articles and for adding Evergreen's role as a setting in TV & film productions;
James Rojas of the Latino Urban Forum for leading a tour of Evergreen that highlighted the recent jogging path and the role of the Cemetery to the neighborhood;
Hynda Rudd of the Los Angeles City Historical Society and historian of all things Los Angeles for her counsel and history information;
George J. Sanchez, historian at the University of Southern California , who wrote the introductory essay to this website;
Sharon Sekhon, web builder and public historian, for overseeing this website;
Robert J. Stahl historian at Arizona State University, Tempe who provided information on the Frederick Rollins and his mother Alice Rollins Crane;
& last but not least
Joe Walker for amazing knowledge of Los Angeles crime lore & cemetery facts and for recovering Sam Haskins from obscurity. Joe is the resident expert on Evergreen and has a heart bigger than Los Angeles County itself.

This site was built by the Studio for Southern California History. If you have any questions or want to contact us in anyway, e-mail thesocalstudio@gmail.com or write to

the Studio for Southern California History
attn: Evergreen Cemetery Website
525 Alpine Street Suite 103
Los Angeles, CA 90012