We used to walk around that cemetary as kids. There are wooden headstones, some damaged by fires, with just numbers on them. There are are a few cement headstones also with just numbers. I have some photos that I'll have to dig up.
Steve;755 wrote: Ric, we used to go to yearly sales at that place you mention.
It seemed really hidden and cool. I always thought that the family had a pact to never sell to developers. Do you know what happened ? Did the family die off ?
Sometime in the 90s I went with a group on a hike to the lake and met David, the artist. The purpose of the hike was to have a look at the property which was suposed to go to the city of Larkspur for a park. I think the lake was called Tubbs Lake. There was interest in the lake (pond, really), because it was supposed to be home to the native yellow legged frog. There was even a parking place scraped out past the gate which was supposed to be parking for the park. After that I never heard anything more about it. I was surprised to see that it was beginning to be developed a few years ago. David did die, there was quite a write up in the IJ about him. I used to have the article, but I think I lost it.
You know, if these bequests are not written properly, there can be ways around them. A friend of mine in San Rafael told me about how her little old neighbor bequeathed her property to the University of California to be used for open space. But it ended up being subdivided and built on.
I remember in the case of Larkspur, around that time there were little monies for parks and recreation, and I wondered how they would be able to support a new park, especially one on an out of the way site.:(
Ric, we used to go to yearly sales at that place you mention.
It seemed really hidden and cool. I always thought that the family had a pact to never sell to developers. Do you know what happened ? Did the family die off ?
Don't know about the cemetary but I do know there was and still is a pond back in there. The propery to the east and above the brick kiln had the residence and ceramic studio of David Morris and his family on it. Their house was built on the edge of the pond. That property is now being developed with large houses being built there.
Does anyone have any pictures of the cemetary above Larkspur Landing.. From what I was told.. It was used by San Quentin to bury inmates who were not claimed by families.. I was also told by someone as a kid that there was a small pond up on that hill. Does anyone know more about this? Any pictures?
