After reading your story about the tombstone recovered, I found myself wanting to go and rescue a tombstone too. Could you imagine what would be said if all of us went tombstone hunting at low tide? That would really gather the media's attention. If people take care of a portion of the freeway, why can't their be "Tombstone Guardians"? Good Work! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Urbanus" <firstboy@pacbell.net> To: <CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:37 PM Subject: [CASANFRA] San Francisco tombstone > With the effort to make accessible the name of those who died prior to > the '06 earthquake, I was curious whether there will ever be an effort > to recover the tombstones (or the names thereon) dumped off ocean beach > and lands end in San Francisco. Occasionally at minus tides these > tombstones rise into view and re-excite the media. About 35 years ago > off lands end my younger brother and I struggled one up the cliff. That > they're still there is a testimonial to the time and difficulty we had. > But an 18 and 9 year old were fascinated, not knowing at the time how > anyone could be so disrespectful. So now I possess one of these > recovered tombstones. Did anyone else rescue a tombstone and hold it > dear? > > For the record (with the obscured but deduced letters enclosed in { }) > and the unknown with a wildcard *) here is the name: > > (CH)ARLES CLEVELAN(D) BUR**ETT > Died May 3 1863 2 yrs & 2 mos > > > > >