In 1769 Spanish padres sent out by Father Junipero Serra recommended this property as a mission site. It became instead a farm and ranch for the San Fernando Mission.

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A stage coach stop called Lyons Station, was established here in 1854 & by the end of the Civil War internments had been made in this cemetery

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In 1888 when the property was acquired by Henry Clay Needham, it came to be known as the Needham family cemetery.

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This beautiful area is now being developed as an endowment care Memorial Park, whose founders are dedicated to the perpetuation of its great pioneer traditions.

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Memorial property in Eternal Valley is now available to all California families. One high purpose governs this development. It shall be a garden of eternal beauty.

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Out of the shadows of night

The world rolls into light.

It is daybreak everywhere.

Longfellow

Marker is on Sierra Highway, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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