Hills Ferry Cemetery yields Historical Tales
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- Jeff takes this episode of "History Hunters" to the area near Newman, California and a visit to the historic Hills Ferry Cemetery. There he tells of interesting folks who played a role in the history of California and the Central Valley of California.
Author and historian Frank Latta -- who befriended Littleton Dalton of Dalton Brothers fame and interviewed the grandson of the legendary bandit Joaquin Murrieta -- is buried here.
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Jeff’s’ storytelling skills make it very enjoyable, easy to follow along, and easy to immerse yourself into the time and place.
Nicely done !
I appreciate that! Thank you!
His voice is also soothing, he does a great job with the research and information of the people. Keep up the great job and keep them coming. I found this site today and subscribed immediately. ❤😊
@@elizabethgracia6411 awww thank you. You’re very encouraging!
This video really got my attention when I realized that you opened it standing in front of my first wife. Thank you Jeff for bringing history back to life.
Really? Is that true?
Yes. Her name is Patricia Lyman. I live about 10 minutes from that cemetery. I visit my wife’s grave every now and then.
i enjoy hearing the stories about people that lived in the 1800s. People who might be forgotten if we don't share their story.
People don't realize the wealth of information gotten from cemeteries. You do an excellent job of showing that.
Thanks for always being here for us, Jeff.
My pleasure!!
The Ball or ( Sphere) is usually a symbol of the soul waiting for resurrection. Great video Jeff!
I was born in Patterson Ca. I grew up in Newman, Patterson and Gustin. I have many relativesin this cemettery. I actually enjoy that you vistit cemeteries. These people are forgoten and when you vistit it brings back there memory.
Jeff & Sarah:
I challenge you to investigate the story of “Marshall South” he and his family lived, off the grid on top of a mountain in the Anza Borrego desert in Southern California in the 40s and wrote regular articles for Desert Magazine, you can hike up to the ruins and remnants of his home and find his grave site in the quaint wonderful apple pie town of Julian, if you don’t know the story, you’ll love it!
As a young child my grandmother would take me to various cemeteries to look at headstones and always said there is history here. Now I take my grandson and do the same thing. Thank you
Fascinating tour! Graveyards conjured many emotions. The older I get, the more relaxed I am and the more I can appreciate all the sights and artwork. To me, it serves as a reminder to live each day to the fullest for we don't know how many we have left.
Thanks Sarah and JEFF 😊
You’re welcome kind sir! Thank you!
I loved this latest road trip.
Your posts like these are my favorites. I love hearing about the lives of varieties of people from the past. Thanks!
I’ve always liked walking through old cemeteries. They are usually very peaceful places. The fancy headstones and history is fascinating.
I totally agree! They are like pages of history just awaiting discovery!
Cemeteries are the most peaceful places you can visit. I am a history lover as well.
I love the cemetery episodes it highlights the people long forgotten that paved the way to the place we are today. When you do retire and do this full time I got a spot for you in Florida to come stay. Safe travels thanks for sharing.
That's a great idea! Sarah and I tried Florida a few years ago and we liked it.
@jbenziggy y'all are welcome anytime. Panama city is the home to the world's most beautiful beaches 👍
Always look forward to waking up on Sunday and getting the notice that your video has arrived!
Yay! Thank you! That’s so nice to hear!
I always enjoy these history telling cemetery walks.
I use to think that checking out a graveyard was kind of creepy but you make it seem enjoyable and knowledgeable. Thank you again Jeff for a wonderful show.
I can live with that nice comment! Thank you!
My Grandparents and other family members are buried there.
Wow
Another great video Jeff you did very well with your cell phone! That cemetery is very well kept with some amazing headstones.
My cell phone does a decent job but is l-
lacking sometimes in sound quality. Thank you!
A cemetery is a place of historical records. Usually in a peaceful and beautiful setting. Each headstone is a rememberance of those who went before us, a memorial (no matter how humble) to a life lived on this earth. No, Jeff, you don't sound sick! I feel the same way! I love cemeteries!
Great! Thanks for the input about my sanity. LOL
Thank you for the history lesson. I love the pictures on the graves. It helps remember them.
Our pleasure! Thanks! I find those grave photos interesting!
Love watching your vidoes...❤❤❤
Thank you so much!!
Always enjoy your shows Jeff...we look for the newest every Sunday. Cemeteries are full of history. Thank you for sharing.
I appreciate your words, Mary! Thank you!
Thank you, Jeff! I'm across the Pond and enjoy learning about people of America's past through your videos. 😊
Awesome! Thank you, Angie!
It's good to see such a well-cared for cemetery. Places such as this contain a wealth of stories about the people who once inhabited the area and helped to make it what it is today.
Jeff, too bad U weren't my history teacher in High School😊 oh yea, you weren't born yet. Thanks 4 all U do to give us joy in history😊
I think this video is nicely done! The narrative is just full of information. Thank You Jeff!
Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate the kind words!
In ancient times, (8000BCE) people burried or kept the bones of their loved ones, right in their house. For generations. Good work Jeff.
Used to deliver modesto bee in Newman and Gustine in 79 and 80...video brought back memories
I always enjoy hearing who these people are.
Gone but not forgotten. Some of these people haven’t had a visit in decades.
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Hello Jeff, Happy Sunday. Thanks for sharing another interesting story on Hills Ferry Cemetery and the lives that once was. Have a great day!
A well maintained cemetery. I love history too.
Good morning Professor, 😂, I’ve always been so fascinated by older graves and thought how many family member’s still visit them? Or are great people like you the only ones to visit and retell their story?
in most old sections of cemeteries, I notice that there are almost no flowers left there for the graves. So many of the people that knew these people are now also dead themselves.
I had no idea a cemetery in Newman would be that populated considering its current size.
Just goes to show, you learn something every day. Another good one Jeff!
perhaps there are more dead residents of Newman than live ones now
I really like when you do these cemetery tours and talk about some of the people that are buried there. There’s lots of history in cemeteries. Well done.
Thank you for your hard work in producing great content.
Thanks for the first comment! I appreciate it!
Jeff! If you filmed this episode with your iPhone, the quality was excellent and of course, so was the story. You are an amazing historian and your focus on the valley is admirable. The people whose memorials you visit and bring back to life must look down on you from heaven, grateful for your visit. Cheers!
Thank you sir. I have the newer iPhone and always shoot at higher frame rates!
I love the old cemeteries and the stories they tell. I had scarlet fever when I was in first grade. I remember being very sick. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
Wow. Glad you made it. You don’t hear of scarlet fever any more, do you?
No you don’t. My grandmother died from the Spanish flu in 1918. My mother survived it. Strong genes.
I enjoy history and love walking through cemeteries. Thanks for the videos.
Glad you like them!
History is when we came from. Knowing our past is as important as knowing your future plans or present mindset.
History was one of my favorite subjects in school. If you were a teacher who knows how to tell a story like Jeff, you had my attention, and I'd learn.
Here's hoping you and Sara can spend full-time traveling and exploring.
Do school children still go on field trips these days? It would be a shame if they didn't.
Great video, as always. Thanks, Jeff.
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My moms family is buried there. Thanks
It’s such a large cemetery! Are you from that area?
Thnx for my weekly HH "fix" Jeff! Would love to see you doing this full time!!! Bet Sarah would love it too! Always enjoy your deep dives to those who have passed, to bring them to life for us! ~Chris
Made me laugh! No, I completely understand your interest in cemeteries. Been that way all my life...I was just a kid when my parents took us to her old family cemetery where 4 generations were buried.....way out in the woods where the family home was......found it fascinating...even as teenagers a group of us looked in woods for cemeteries while other teens were doing whatever things teens did at the time... .the HISTORY of cemeteries is so valuable....what you are doing will last forever! You have probably found many graves of people's families that they never knew of......don't stop! You have many, many fans! You should be able to quit your day job soon because your channel IS growing! I know as soon as I get a notification, I stop what I'm doing and watch immediately!!!!! Thank you for doing what you do!
Another great Stanislaus county video! The things we don’t know about that are right in our back yards. Keep it up. Thanks
I think it's nice to bring these people back to today. I like to think that one day, long after I am gone, someone will stop and my grave and think/wonder about me or just pay their respects. I love wandering cemeteries, I love seeing all the names and I too love the ones with photos!
Another facinating trip. I love hearing the stories of our past. My husband & I wonder in cemeteries. Passed down from my mother and I, his father and him. This past summer, we found ourselves along with our sons and two grandchildren reading headstones and learning local history.
Your way of detailing a story keeps me interested. Looking forward to the next journey through history. Thanks, Jeff!
I really enjoy watching History Hunters . I think Jeff 's commentaries are so interesting and educational ! Thank you Jeff and Sarah , for bringing us your knowledge and expertise !
Sweet! Thanks so much, Donna! Makes my heart glad hearing your glowing compliments!
Great video American history is fascinating, so many people who made America the best place. Thanks.
This was amazing. I have never seen a cemetery with that many old burials. Thanks Jeff for doing this show. Take care!
The Mattos grave at the 4:00 mark is beautiful. Can you imagine the talent it takes to create something like that? WOW!
I agree! It was a true artwork done by an expert stone mason!
Always a great trek with wonderful back stories and facts.
Jeff, you are a very calming orator. You CERTAINLY should be doing this full time. Thank you for your time ! Cheers from Detroit 🇺🇲
Lots of history thank-you. Missing sunshine Sarah☀️💛
I liked this show a lot. My favorite is the old west cemeteries, and the stories from them. How they had life so different than now. Thanks for another good video Jeff.
I totally agree! Thank you, Betty!
Looked like a beautiful day! Enjoy your cemetery episodes, your research/stories are what make it all the more interesting. Safe travels Jeff & Sarah
Thank you! Will do!
Thanks for sharing America's history Jeff, keep on doing what you do.
A nice tended cemetery for a change. I love for you to read the 1800's and before. You can almost picture the time in history. Thanks Jeff, interesting stories.
Hi...very interesting history.... beautiful cemetery..thanks for bringing it to us ,in your great storytelling voice. Take care... Deborah 🇨🇦
I love history too, especially local history. How nice to see a well- maintained cemetery. I truly hope that you can do this full-time Jeff😀😀
I hope so too! Thanks Terry!
Always enjoy your videos!
Glad to hear it! Thanks, Betty Lou!
Hi Jeff, of all my friends that I know I believe I'm the only one that explores cemeteries. I find the history fascinating but most of all it teaches me to prioritise life a lot better. I'm a very fit and healthy 56 year old ie no smoking, drinking etc. Health and well being is number one, wealth is number two. Most if not all of my friends have it the other way around, some are not in good health and it doesn't concern them but will do anything for a dollar not realising that those dollars have no value once you pop your clogs.
I have a cousin there! Thank you for the visit! Great job Jeff!
Very cool! Thanks for watching, Pete!
Jeff, I share your love of history and I really appreciate what you do. I like finding old, forgotten graveyards to look for dim memories of those who have gone before us. Keep up your excellent work, I look forward to each new video!
There are so many stories in cemeteries. Than you for sharing these with us...
My wife always kid’d me about reading the obits, but I feel someone took the time to write it and I’m honoring their memory by learning about their life.
That’s very honorable of you! Thanks for thinking of others!
Jeff always love to hear your storytelling to hear the back stories of these people. Everyone has a story I have never seen that cemetery. That was awesome. Thank you. Liz
I love these cemetery posts. Learning about the people who passed. I am amazed at the sculptures I have seen at cemeterys all over. The detail on them is so beautiful. I just find it fascinating how they can make such beautiful pieces! I would be lucky to make a blob. 😊
I did notice that the one angel wing was broken after I looked at my video. Sad to see busted up statuary!
The cemetery is well cared for, the statures are my favorite. I also like the headstones with their picture on them, gives the living a sense of connection.
Always a good day when Jeff posts. Thank you for the video.
Our pleasure!
Thanks, Jeff. I love history too.
Fascinating as always !! Thank you Jeff. Rob
I always enjoy your videos and look forward to them each week. When I was visiting central Claifornia a couple of years ago, what I had seen on your channel had helped me better understand the area I was touring.
Oh great! What areas did you visit?
Tuolumne County, Yosemite, Sonoma and Napa @@jbenziggy
Went to Benziger Winery and noticed it was just down from the Jack London Estate you videoed.@@jbenziggy
@@jcs3451 my distant relatives own that place. Never met them and only went there once.
I remember that you had mentioned that in a video@@jbenziggy
Always good to see a new history hunters episode, and also beautiful California 🍻
Even our present and future will one day be history. Thank you Jeff for another great video. You are helping people who are no longer here, to be remembered, and that is a good thing.
Looking forward to your next post. May the Peace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be upon you.
God Bless 😊
🙏 God bless you too good sir! Thanks for being an encouragement!
Thank you Jeff for another historical history lesson. I always enjoy your videos and look forward to seeing them come out every week. This particular video could also be a two or even a three part video, because I'm sure that this cemetery, like many other cemeteries are filled with many more stories of some interesting and intriguing people, that lived many years ago. You always do an excellent job presenting your videos in a sort of story book presentation. Thanks again Jeff for a very interesting and informative video. Take care my friend.
Interesting people from this cemetery Jeff, Thanks for keeping their life stories alive.
Very beautiful country, Jeff.
I need to go back to the west. Love the mountains.
When on vaction, when my kids were young, they would hate it when i saw an old cemetery. They knew dad was going to stop. I, like you have spent many hours in them. I always would think that all the people were like me at one time. They had dreams, raising a family, had hard times, good times, working hard. I guess we all end up there. Will someone look at my name and wonder, what this person ever thought, did in his life. I get it! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Jeff I really like your episodes that involve cemeteries. Especially when you highlight the veterans. Very cool to find a CSA grave in good Ole California. I have moved to Indiana and look forward to visiting the Graves here when the weather is better. My little town Darmstadt was founded in 1822. You two take care till next time.
The Hills Ferry Cemetery is a fascinating place. Hills Ferry was a major transportation hub for early California between the San Joaquin River steamboats and the ferry crossing of the river connecting the coast to the Sierras. The Interstate 5 for central California in pioneer days! I was there years ago chronicling the Bradleys and other associated families. The Bradleys are one those couples' stories of which you only see in a fictional movie..... They got married immediately after their first meeting at an evening party! She had just arrived in California, and Thomas, apparently, was not going to take a chance at losing one of the few single women that were in California. I believe the lost town of Escalon is where the Cottonwood Cemetery is located. I have not been to the cemetery that still exists and still has a few markers. One of the reasons that graves were removed and the cemetery closed was that it was next door to a elementary school, and the thinking was that it was not a good idea to have children look out of a school window to gaze upon a cemetery! I guess the Collegeville Cemetery on Jack Tone Road in San Joaquin County was different because it was located next door to a college!
Jeff howdy, when I resided in the San Gabriel Valley this is exactly what we did...visited graveyards! And so @5:21 you mentioned something about morbid, the fact of the matter is none of us will make it out alive which is a part of life so in the meantime (for me) enjoy life one day at a time and respect your fellow man.
Thank you for another grand video production
It's always one of the highlights to wait for your new video on a sunday afternoon. ( I live in the Netherlands )
Thanks for your amount of research you do always. Be blessed and i am already exited for next sunday.
Wow, thank you! Always love hearing from our viewers in other countries! Thank you for being a fan of the channel! It is what keeps me going! Blessings to you in the Netherlands!
Beautiful cemetery and really interesting history. I never knew where our bear flag came from - now I do! Thanks, Jeff.
I like your take on death. We will all be gone someday. I enjoy the stories you tell about people I've never even heard of. I appreciate your hard work in traveling and sharing these stories.
Absolutely LOVE these episodes Jeff! Thankyou.
I truly appreciate the confidence and support for my work! Thank you!
I love your trips through old cemeteries
Thank you, Jeff!
Hi! Love your videos. Not sick at all. It is a reality, will happen to us all. I love how you show the headstones. You're doing a great job. Thanks for showing these. The phone did well!
Great video Jeff. Nice to see an older cemetery that is well maintained. So many aren't.
I too am fascinated by the local history that can be gleaned from cemeteries, and have checked out many. Have you ever been through the old Sacramento cemetery on Broadway? It's probably my favorite. The history and some of the monuments are fascinating.
Yes I have done a video on the old Sacramento City Cemetery! I also plan to go back to do some more! Here is a link to my video there:
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@@jbenziggy Watching your video on the Sacramento cemetery, I realized I had already seen it years ago. Apologies for my poor memory.
Another great video well done. Keep em coming. Thanks for taking us along,hopefully one day you can do this full time. Best to you & Sarah.
Thanks, you too!
The globe atop a headstone carries symbolic meaning, often representing concepts related to the deceased person’s life, beliefs, or achievements.
I look forward to Sundays and your videos
So interesting and well done!
Glad you like them!
Thank you for telling their stories, you’re such a wonderful storyteller! Another great episode!
I’d been living in the Central Valley of California for decades before I became aware of Ferry Hill.
The only reason I did is because the San Joaquin River swallows up the Merced River very close to there. (It is, actually, the other way around, but the river continues as the San Joaquin). I had been reading a fascinating story written and experienced by a journalist named John D Sutter. He did a somewhat crazy thing in 2014 and kayaked the San Joaquin River from source to sea. He had to drag his kayak through sand near Mendota. The river disappeared for 60 miles. I had no idea! Anyway, I just needed to find that spot where the 2 rivers confluence, and that’s how I ended up in the almost non existent Ferry Hill. Wish I’d known about the cemetery then! Really a lovely spot!
John Muir crossed the river at Hill’s Ferry which is fascinating to me!
@@jbenziggy yes, I read about that! He wrote about crossing the valley. Apparently there really was a ferry running way back when. Before all the rivers were dammed up. I remember searching for a marker and somehow missed it. I was there during the drought, looking at the Merced and San Joaquin Rivers. Seems they were like 3 feet wide. The year after that I looked at the area again, and there was water as far as the eye could see. The only thing sticking out was the road! How far from the river is the cemetery?
Another interesting story! Thanks Jeff!
Jeff , Jeff , Jeff , what can I say your work is impeccable, probably said that before but it's true. I hope you read this while you are working on all the information for next week's video. LOL. THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA....
I so very much appreciate what you just told me. And yes, we are already working on the next video! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
@@jbenziggy you are welcome my friend. There is no doubt you deserve it thank you for your response.....
Always enjoy your videos! Thanks for taking us along on your adventures!
Some interesting stories of the pioneer days and what their life was like. Here in Australia I always like to walk around any old cemeteries on our travels when we go out to the Wheat belt of Western Australia or mining areas, so interesting to read their story.
I've passed by there many times on my way to the coast. I've thought of stopping and walking around in there, but never have.
Jeff', Once again a very enjoyable video !