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Monumental: Alta M. Hulett at Mt. Hope Cemetery

Practiced law in San Diego, died at 22

Alta M. Hulett, born on June 4, 1854, in Rockford, Illinois, learned how to operate the telegraph at ten years of age and went on to become an operator. Fascinated with the legal profession, she ...

An Execution in the Hills

MISSION HILLS An Execution in the HillsBy Scafidi, March 24 “Hello, Zack. What’s up?” “Uh, hi, uh, Fred? It’s me, Zack.” “Yup.” “My cat’s got a gopher cornered over here. Can you come quick? And ...

Trolley Makes Emergency Stop in Cemetery

A San Diego Trolley was forced to make an emergency stop in the middle of Mt. Hope Cemetery early Tuesday, February 3. At the time , the peak-hour Orange Line trolley was traveling between the ...

Man Brings Lover Roses Then Shoots Her

Shocked shoppers see a woman fall to her death from a parking structure at Parkway Plaza in El Cajon. Was she pushed? In Chollas View, a mother loses the second of her two sons to ...

Underground With the Celebrity Dead

Whether you're goth or you just dig celebrity graves (that's "dig" as in "enjoy"), you might be interested to know of these famous former neighbors entombed at a gravesite near you. BOBBY DRISCOLL (1937-1968) starred ...

Best of 2003: Best Historical Cemetery Stroll

Mount Hope 3751 Market Street, Downtown 619-527-3400 Everybody is buried here, from Alonzo Horton to the poorest of the poor (who qualify under the County's Indigent Burial Program). You can spend days wandering around the ...

Out of This World at Mt. Hope

The San Diego Union headline read: “Death Calls Founder of San Diego. Alonzo E. Horton, Beloved Father of City, Succumbs After Lingering Illness.” The date of the paper was January 8, 1909. He looked at ...