Rose Hill Cemetery

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Perched up on a hill in the Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve about a half a mile southwest of the south end of Somersville road, which is off of Highway 4 near Antioch in Contra Costa County, California, USA. Although little remains of the coal mining communities, a historic cemetery serves as a monument to the lives of the former residents. Buried here are children who died in epidemics, women who died in childbirth, and men who died in mining disasters. Although over 10 nationalities resided in the mining area, Rose Hill Cemetery was a Protestant burial ground, and many of the people buried here were Welsh.

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Coordinates:   37°57'27"N   121°52'16"W

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  • The cemetery has been badly vandalized over the years, and there is a request from the park for any records concerning the burials in this cemetery. Also, apparently its haunted, not that I ever saw anything.
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