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PIONEER CEMETERY BEGINS IN 1860

SANFORD LYON, FIRST AMERICAN SETTLER JAKE SWALL, SR., EARLY HARVESTER
- likely to keep him busy for some time."
In 1862, a twenty-year franchise was granted for a turnpike from Mission San Fernando
to the Arroyo de Santa Clara, under which E. F. Beale immediately began the deep cut
through the crest of the San Fernando mountains. The following year, he began driving
his camel drawn tandem buggy from Tejon co Los Angeles.

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Lyon's Station consisted of a well constructed frame building, which housed a store, post
office, depot and tavern. There was also a large stable and a cottage half-hidden in the
mountain oak. It is marked today only by the old graveyard.
This is the exact site where Eternal Valley Memorial Park is being developed today.
The century-old family cemetery is being restored and will be called "The Garden of
the Pioneers" in honor of the famous men who are buried there.

Some of the graves are no longer clearly marked, however all of them have been pre-
served, clearly indicated by fences, a silent memorial to the first seeders, who hallowed
chis ground and passed this sacred heritage on to future generations.

The gravestones that are still recognizable after almost a century bear the names
of many well-known pioneer families who were prominent in the struggle to forge a
civilization out of the primitive Indian Villages.
BEALE'S CUT

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