Jacob Shinner's Grave

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Grave marker of Jacob Shinner (b. 1827, d. 1877)

In the late 1870s, Shinner was among a group of miners trying
to make their fortunes seeking gold in the San Antonio Canyon area
below Mount San Antonio (now known as Mt Baldy).

According to a San Bernardino newspaper, the 50-year-old Shinner
left his military camp "residence" one day and went up a side canyon
not far from the Hogback area, a vast, pre-historic (and occasionally still active)
Landslide site.

Shinner was caught, surrounded and buried in a rockslide, killing him at the spot.

He was buried well up the present canyon slope, though the site was moved
by the County of Los Angeles (reportedly to allow for land improvement of some kind)
and is now only about 15 yards (laterally) off Mt. Baldy Road (the walk from the parking
to the site is actually more like 250 yards).

Shinner's gravestone remains at the relocated site,
though on occasion the site falls prey to vandalism
(possibly some of which comes from latter-day ghoul seekers).


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