Restore St. Mary's - "Articles"

The following are the articles as they appeared in newspapers since 1880.

Please note that some of the pictures referred to are missing but we will re-publish them as soon we obtain permission from the picture holders. You can see some of this pictures in our local Museum.

These are the articles in chronological sequence:

03 / 27 / 1880	Mrs. Snodgrass & Mrs. Borgstrom
09 / 07 / 1890	San Buenaventura
07 / 28 / 1893	William Vanderver Funeral Took Place...
01 / 06 / 1894	Sexton Richardson failed to collect on lots sold
01 / 13 / 1894	Cemetery Lots Sold...
02 / 08 / 1896	A Soldiers' Monument to Be Erected
02 / 10 / 1896	Soldiers Monument
04 / 05 / 1898	Matters Municipal
09 / 01 / 1898	Funeral of Private Redibaugh largely attended
09 / 02 / 1898	Services Over the Remains of privates Flint and Ruiz
03 / 05 / 1899	Harry Powell Civil War Veteran Buried...
03 / 07 / 1899	Municipal Matters
05 / 11 / 1900	Meeting for Memorial Day
01 / 13 / 1904	Cemetery is Overcrowded
10 / 03 / 1906	Remains of Pioneers Moved
03 / 07 / 1906	Cost of water for cemetery purposes
10 / 05 / 1906	De La Guerra Family Disinterment
02 / 18 / 1912	No Room For The Dead
03 / 05 / 1913	Cemetery is filled
07 / 23 / 1954	Ventura Recreation Center Under Way
12 / 03 / 1964	Venturans Distressed
01 / 07 / 1966	Tombstones Hauled Away
Fall 1980	Eulogy for a Country Graveyard
09 / 24 / 1989	Tracing Tale of Cemetery Park
07 / 02 / 1990	Graves Dedicated for 2 of Ventura's Forgotten Heroes
12 / 29 / 1990	A Park's Previous Life
10 / 07 / 1992	Ever Wonder?
01 / 15 / 1993	Turn-of-the-Century Tombstone Pops Up
01 / 16 / 1993	Relatives Find Resting Place for Tombstones
01 / 26 / 1993	Ventura's Cemetery Park
08 / 10 / 2002	Just another Park (but Only on the Surface)
11 / 13 / 2003	Six feet blunder
05 / 14 / 2004	California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution - Minutes 14 May 04
06 / 27 / 2004	Resident Saves Old Lights for Cemetery
07 / 18 / 2004	Ventura Shows Little Respect for its Dead
07 / 29 / 2004	Families Seek to Bring Cemetery Back...
08 / 03 / 2004	Two Articles: Cemetery Plight, Restore Sacred Site
08 / 13 / 2004	CASSAR Minutes of 13 Aug 2004
10 / 24 / 2004	Razing Cemetery Takes Hearts of Stone
10 / 26 / 2004	A crying shame
11 / 17 / 2004	Unholy deed
12 / 04 / 2004	Tell Ventura leaders how to change Cemetery Park
12 / 16 / 2004	City needs to find moral compass regarding park
01 / 10 / 2005	City must atone for 1964
01 / 12 / 2005	RE: Ed Wehan’s December 21 commentary
01 / 27 / 2005	Ventura's dead deserve better
02 / 05 / 2005	Will cemetery be park?
02 / 05 / 2005	Should old cemetery be park?
02 / 05 / 2005	Giving land eternal respect
02 / 07 / 2005	Activist Strives to Give Cemetery Land Eternal Respect
March 2005	Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 2062, Ventura County
03 / 06 / 2005	City weighs park options
03 / 06 / 2005	In Sacred Memory Of
03 / 09 / 2005	An open letter to the Ventura City Council
May 2005	Ventura Cemetery
05 / 18 / 2005	Our Cemetery in Our Community
05 / 18 / 2005	'RIP' may not apply to old tombstones
05 / 18 / 2005	Ventura County Star-Survey shows some residents want memorial at park
06 / 06 / 2005	Ungrateful Dead
06 / 25 / 2005	Probe clears city of concealing cemetery data
06 / 29 / 2005	Grave Error
07 / 03 / 2005	A wrong done to Ventura's pioneers
07 / 03 / 2005	Ventura has opportunity to rectify past mistake
07 / 03 / 2005	Survey respondents want passive, serene park
07 / 03 / 2005	Restoring cemetery a sign of respect
07 / 05 / 2005	Cemeteries not likely to be 'forgotten' in Iowa
07 / 26 / 2005	Status quo for Cemetery Memorial Park
08 / 06 / 2005	Cemetery use as park topic of argument
09 / 22 / 2005	Change grave policy
25 / 01 / 2005	Steve Schleder on VenturaHaunts Blog
03 / 12 / 2006	Agencies violate public access law
04 / 16 / 2006	Scan for grave sites at old cemetery doesn't put issue to rest
04 / 20 / 2006	Cemetery Park
05 / 10 / 2006	Stolen St Mary's Pioneer VETERAN Cemetery in Ventura needs help!
06 / 14 / 2006	Historic Cemetery turned into Dog Park
09 / 22 / 2007	An Open Letter to the City Council of San Buenaventura
04 / 09 / 2008	Mission’s 225-Year celebration comes to A close

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