Searching for a Forgotten Cemetery and Ruins from the 1800s in Poway, California
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- On the outskirts of Poway, California, up on a knoll over looking the valley, is an old pioneer cemetery dating back to the late 1800s. The small cemetery only has five occupants, all from the same family, but the cemetery isn't the family's only legacy on the land.
Just down the valley there is the ruins of the family's home. Sitting near a creek with epic views of the valley below, the family called their home "Longview." Built in the 1880s, legend has it that the home was burned down by bank robbers on the run in 1908.
In this video we head up into the hills to locate the cemetery and find the ruins of Longview while stopping to check out another set of ruins along the way.
The cemetery is located at 32.956848, -117.003115
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That's my childhood backyard! Lived at that end of Garden road from 1976 until the 2000's. My friends and I spent many hours exploring those beautiful hills. I have been to the house and grave site many times, but never heard the bank robber story. I heard the house was destroyed in a wildfire. Love your videos!!!
A wildfire is probably just as likely to be fair.
W3 are still here, onSebago.
That looks like a fantastic place to grow up.
i live in Poway also how can get there it's nice to see some history
Was there a spring nearby?
Back in 1975 while on active duty in the Marines at Camp Pendleton, I was friends with a Marine from POWAY, He was a big Jimmy Hendrix fan. every time that I see anything about Poway I think about him. you being a veteran maybe able to relate how we attach names of former brothers to the city where they came from. Thank you for bring back good memories of my youth in your videos.
Yeah, I know what you mean. There are certain places where I instantly think about people I served with.
@@SidetrackAdventures I hope that you see this, I now think about you when I hear San Diego. LOL! Have a good weekend.
These type of videos you do are always one of my favorites. Just these little nearly forgotten remnants from so long ago and often just hidden next to areas one might drive by every day. Really connects the present with the past to remind us that these people were living lives not so dissimilar from us today in many ways.
Yeah, that road in the distance is a major road and just think about how many people drive by every day not knowing the history in the valley below them.
I was a kid in Poway 76-82. Back then it was still country area. Used to know all the cool areas to explore & fish. There also used to be an abandoned area where Sabre Springs is now(south of Poway road) that had an Olympic size pool. I had heard it was a training site for some Olympic swimmer. Another abandoned house off Midland Rd had a swimming pool that we used to clean out & skateboard in. Most of the abandoned areas that I used to explore have been bulldozed & built over. Poway is an expensive & very nice area now. It's a lot different. My parents still live there.
There are also 2 graves (a man and his wife I believe) that are buried on a trail from the Poway Stables. We used to ride horses out there and pay our respects. I would love to find out more about them.
If you mean Eichar's grave-- there's no wife buried there. It's only one man, John Eichar. Eichar's wife moved back to Colorado after his death. It's also not even his actual grave... it's just a memorial plot. From what I've heard, they think his actual burial spot (unmarked) is on the north side of the creek in the woods.
I grew up there in Poway about a mile from this site and never knew about it. We hiked all over that area when I was a kid. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Marty! I remember you.
Dawn Nielsen
I really enjoy your videos. We were stationed in Imperial Beach back in the 60’s, had a clunker car, very little money and two toddlers, so not only did we not know that the many sights that you document even existed we never had the time to explore. Stay safe, have fun and keep up the great work.
Love this video. We ride our horses on those exact trails and the chimney is such a landmark! Thank you for the history!❤
I was born in Escondido in 1950 (one of the first babies born at the old Palomar Hospital), was raised on a farm/avocado orchard in Vista, and grew up in this fantastic North County terrain. I love the sagebrush and the boulder-encrusted hills, the dry creek beds, the eucalyptus trees everywhere, the feeling in the air, and sweet memories of my youth. Really enjoying your channel, how you go into a lot of historical depth. I'm also wondering if you could feature places like Del Dios, Lake Wohlford, Mesa Grande, Julian and Santa Ysabel (killer bakery -- still there?), Pala, Campo, Warner Springs, Palomar Mountain ... well, you get the idea. Campo has a fascinating history. My folks had lifetime friends who lived there. I'm also a nut for old abandoned roads and highways.
Bakery is still there
Thank you for making videos
Glad you like them!
I really enjoy this channel, you find some very interesting stuff that is often unreported on by other sources. I also appreciate the relaxed demeanor, lack of obnoxious music, and respect for the history and areas in which you are exploring. thanks..
I grew up in Poway and it was fun as a kid, exploring all sorts of ruins around the area. Sadly, through so-called progress, most have been destroyed by development, but you can still find a few gems like this one.
I really enjoy these relaxed adventures videos. Thank you for close captioning.
Awesome video! I remember when Poway was a small town riding horses with family to Foster Freeze 1960s
I should have mentioned in the video, but the only people we saw while hiking out here were a few people on horseback.
@@SidetrackAdventures I used to ride my mountain bike up that trail to the east to Hwy 67. Then a short stint along 67 to Poway Rd, then down Poway Rd back to Garden Lane. Those roads now are probably super highways.
All those bits of abandoned old houses are so much fun to explore. Thanks for taking us along. Truth is often stranger than fiction, and many stories are lost. Still fun to think about and share.
Thanks again, Steve, for your research and willingness to get out and document places, really enjoy them. It helps, too, that so many of the places that you visit are places I know from my youth as we lived in Escondido for four years back in the day. I'd never heard of this family or their graveyard, not surprising. Really appreciate your efforts. Something this video shows that I also appreciate is how much open space there still is "in the outskirts of Poway." Anymore, when I drive through the area on I-15, it seems like wall-to-wall buildings from downtown San Diego until Fallbrook, so good to see that off the corridor, such is still not the case.
Yeah, the bank robbers did it. Liking seeing the snippets of history and unknowns from the San Diego area. While in the military there many moons ago was unable to explore that much so interesting to see and learn more about the beautiful surrounding areas. Well done.
I likely lonely places and wilderness. Such places gives a dizzy feel and have a transportation effect. I just imagined walking down the lonely trail. Your videos give a surreal feel. Thanks Steeve.
I love this………I am interested in old historic places……….
Very cool! If you go south to the end of Sycamore Canyon Rd, there is a trailhead and parking lot. That is where the Stowe school once stood. I walked around for a bit just south of the lot to see if I could find nails, or any other remnants and couldn’t find anything.
This is a wonderful video Steve. You are a story teller. Please keep up your good work. Thank you.
David
Hi Steve, another good video. I appreciate that you separate stories based on facts from “good story telling.”
COOL PLACE, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING IT TO US!!!!
I don't know how you find these obscure places but keep it up.
That was a find. I had friends who lived in Poway and used to go horseback riding out there. The path you walked could still be used by horses.
Poway! Went to middle and high school here 30+ years ago. Your off the beaten path adventures are such a treat! Never knew this was even there.
Very interesting! I live in SD and drive by all these areas in your videos and have never realized what is hidden around me :). Thank you for exploring and providing history on all these fascinating places 😊
Thanks for watching!
My family lives just on the other side of Scripps Poway Pkwy from here. For years I’ve driven past and seen the chimney from Longview and wanted to explore but always thought it was on private property.
The trail out to it is just on the outside of the property fence.
4:38 Looks more like a retaining wall associated with a walled and/or terraced garden or possibly a greenhouse...
There was a family cemetery like this on one of the hills in Rainbow Ca that I walked through back in the 1970's. We walked through an abandoned house and then down some rock steps on the hillside to it. I haven't found a record of it anywhere and so can't remember exactly which hill it was, but it was right off of what is now the 15 but back then was 2 lane 15e\395. It would be cool to see you find it and do a vid.
I'll see if I can find anything. Been wanting to try the restaurant up there anyway!
Great story, as usual. Have you ever visited the Daggett Pioneer Cemetery off of Hwy 40 near Newberry Springs? They are still active and I have been told anyone can be buried there. The cost is that of the backhoe operator.
I haven't been out there yet. There's a few places I've been wanting to check out in that area though.
Thank you for posting this.
My old stomping grounds.....
been here so many times it’s such an easy walk for me lol
I grew up in Poway, and for sure want to check this out next time I visit home! thanks for all that you do, love your information and places you find.
Our pleasure!
Let’s go, let’s go adventure💕🌺✌️👵
You do a nice job on these overlooked sights, thank you.
Loved it!!! U the man
Interesting.& wish there was more history.
I recently came across your videos and am thoroughly enjoying them! I love finding local history in out of the places. Have you thought about doing a video on historic Hwy 99 from Redding to Mt Shasta? What little I can see from the freeway looks very cool. Being a truck driver, I never have time or access to these out of the way places. Again, I am thoroughly enjoying your videos. Thank you so much!
I have some plans to do more on Highway 99. There is an excellent book on it by Steven Provost that really helps with background info.
I've heard there is a tombstone from a the wild west. Up in the hills somewhere there.
I'm really enjoying your videos. I grew in Escondido and you take me to places that I didn't know existed. Thank you!
My Great grandfather is Buried in a cemetary in WingVille oregon. The graves are no longer marked because a fire burned most of the wooden grave markers. The weeds are 4 ft high.
Is there any sort of marker for the cemetery at all?
There’s an interesting pioneer cemetery in Carmel Valley you might want to check out. It’s behind St Therese church, which started burying its own bodies there, so most locals assume the cemetery was started by them. (It wasn’t.) There’s a Miles Standish buried there, who isn’t the original but might be a relative.
I grew up in East County San Diego and never knew these places existed. Your videos are so interesting, thank you for sharing!
Poway, where Ted Williams one of my boyhood idols lived. I was there when they dedicated that part of I 15 in his name. magical day to see the splendid splinter !! thank you for your travels. always a great enjoyment every week
The home he grew up in in North Park was just sold recently.
Grew up in the San Fernando Valley, now in NorCal, and I’m really enjoying your videos on the southern areas I rarely got to in our once great state.
If you ever get back down to the San Fernando Valley area check out the Valley Relics Museum. Its amazing and will surely bring back a lot of memories for you.
Love the background music.
Another interesting, well done video.
Wonderful, but in a way sad...thanks again for sniffing out these unusual places. You should be considered an essential California resource. Keep it up I love the stories.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
He's the new Huell Howser!
You certainly picked a nice clear day to be able to show us that "long view."
I got lucky, the storms were blowing in and about an hour later the weather wasn't as nice.
Thank you for another wonderful video on some of the forgotten local history.
That's my neighborhood. I'll have to check it out. Thanks again Steve!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU STEVE AND YOUR FAMILY....ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO..THANK YOU
Happy holidays to you as well.
Thank you.
Like taking a trip without leaving home. While I’m out on the bike I’ll take a break and explore old cemeteries
I used to live in Longview, Washington
Good stuff!
You are a great storyteller Steve.🙂
Great video. So interesting and intriguing. Thank you again.
Great story!
I live very near the area and never knew. Thanks for another interesting video.
I really love visiting cemeteries, so thanks for posting!
One of my former workmates had developed a great family history going back to England. Their early days in California were east of San Diego. The Spanish established the area beginning in early 1500s because of the great bay where they could park the boat and resupply for exploration voyages.
Boat?
Steve I love your vids and this one was extra cool to me. I grew up in Poway and had a long time friend that lived on sycamore canyon rd and many friends that lived in the garden rd area. 50 years or some ago me and friends would hike out there to the cemetery and ruins and play our gun games. Wow the memories. Keep up the great work 👍
That's really cool. Has the area changed much from what you could see in the video? I know in the other direction there is probably 20x as many houses.
@Sidetrack Adventures its the same. Ya the houses are everywhere. We would ride are bikes and to get to the sites we would ride from sycamore canyon rd. The brush was much thicker I think. My guess is that the big wildfires must of changed that. The faucet you found used to turn back then but water never came out. I'm glad to see that the ruins are still there and I'm going to visit it next time I visit. Your video's have hit several places that I'm familiar with. I look forward to the next always.
That flat open area in the distance in some of your video used to be citrus groves. They cleared that out many years ago.
It wouldn’t show up on google maps, but north of that graveyard (other side of the hill, canyon just below Poway rd, behind Tooth Rock) there is a small gold mine. 15’ deep cave and a dam with a sluice gate nearby.
Thanks Steve for another enjoyable video!
Cool find.
Fascinating. I had no idea there was anything like that in the area. Subscribed.
Awesome, thank you!
go padres! i've been exploring this area in penasquitos and poway a lot... there's s trippy gravesite up above carmel creek and the 56 if you want to check that out. more gravesites in pq canyon
I like your attitude about these different situations! 😊 Each story has that same non-judgemental attitude thru out all your videos. 💋😻🥰😍 Makes the video more interesting.
Every time I see these old abandoned structures, it's makes me wish that the walls really could talk. Imagine the stories they would have to share.
Wonderful video my friend , thanks for sharing , stay connected !!!
This is really interesting. I want to find stuff like this around my town.
That one rusty section of fence may well be a relic of the Cedar Fire; fire oxidizes barbed wire.
Thanks!
Thank you, we really appreciate it.
I really enjoy your trips that you share with me!
Me and everyone else😂😂
Thank you, I appreciate it.
I love these exploration videos thanks for sharing
I lived up in Tigard oregon, it's a large city but I walked down into this little wooded area on a hillside by my apartment one time and found an old Pioneer Cemetery buried in the trees. I wonder if it's still there
That sounds like a pretty amazing find.
Do you think there’s a chance the pioneers got up and moved?
Love your videos. Any idea who owns the land now?
I think its part of the Poway Open Space Preserve but I'm not 100% sure. There are number of trails, but no signs.
Looked like there was a parking lot in some of video, what was it for? I always look forward to your travels.
No parking lot. You might be seeing a field from the farm in the distance.
Lots of fun as always. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video Steve
Excellent time travel video.
I grew up there I don't recognize even the outskirt areas. Must be on the other side of town where I lived. Who owns the land now? Half temped to build a hose around the chimney LOL
Excellent video!
The Poway Historical Society can supply any info wanted about these sites.
Amazing and incredible videos, just be careful exploring cemeteries... for health reasons, spiritual and physical
I love these videos!
Excellent videos my man
Glad you like them!
That trail was so narrow. Weren't you afraid of Rattlesnakes underfoot?
You make great content my friend, subbed 😊, Gary
Thank you so much 🙂
I wonder if the song by the talking heads burning down the house was going through the cops and robbers heads even though way too early for that song.
Supposedly there's still grave sites lost in Roslyn Washington.
great show !
Great video, Steve. Looks like you may need to start carrying some WD-40 with you for such occasions! LOL Thanks for sharing.
Yeah, I wasn't breaking through that rust.
Last time I was there. There were a lot of rattlesnake. Like every twenty feet. Use caution walking there.
If i was there and saw rattlesnakes those dang things better have wheels cause id be outa there so fast theyd have to run me down
How do you go about finding all these interesting places?
And where is the entrance of this trail tha way I can Follow your videos
If you go to the intersection of Sycamore Valley and Garden Rd. you'll see the trail.
I would love to watch you are piece on UA-cam however, I cannot- sorry I can’t get past the Friar’s hat! Go LA!
Please look up the MILLARD FAMILY OF POWAY CALIFORNIA. They where one of the first settlers.
love you and your vidios
Thanks!
Vídeo excelente! 😊👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟