Judge James W. Robison built had a home built for him in 1853. The building was not only his home but also served as an office for a newspaper and a railroad over the years. Eventually, the ravages of time destroyed the home, leaving nothing. To preserve some of the history, it was rebuilt in…
Long ago, Jose Manuel Machado moved to San Diego in 1781. Machado had three homes for his wife and 15 children. One of the homes burned to the ground. Many things were built on the spot; currently, there is a two-story building on the site. It features office rooms, a banquet hall, and indoor and…
Early settlers of San Diego needed to construct a place to bury the dead. Thus the El Campo Santo Cemetery opened in 1849. Hundreds of people were buried in one of the most haunted places in San Diego. As the city expanded, living residents decided that the graves could either be moved or built over….
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians. WHAT APPEARS TO BE A simple grass hill in the appropriately named town of Moundsville, West Virginia is actually a prehistoric burial pile known as the Grave Creek Mound. Slowly built over 100 years from around 250 to 150 BCE, the…