San Francisco Cemeteries, Part 1

San Francisco's cemetery history is rich, to say the least. It goes something like this:

• Mission Dolores cemetery
• Yerba Buena cemetery
• San Francisco National Cemetery (in the Presidio)
• City Cemetery/Golden Gate Cemetery
• The Big 4—Calvary, Odd Fellows (including the Columbarium), Masonic, Laurel Hill

Along the way, we'll meet folks who work with the cemeteries that are left over here in The City—the one at Mission Dolores and San Francisco National Cemetery. We'll take walking tours of the Mission and the pet cemetery in the Presidio.

Interestingly, as we were putting these episodes together, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted in favor of granting City Cemetery landmark status. The timing!

Look for the remaining episodes in this series over the next several weeks.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather