Lone Tree Cemetery is a , active, nonprofit

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complex in unincorporated Fairview, California, adjacent to the city of Hayward. The site was first established in 1868. The cemetery has hosted, since 1903, the oldest continuous

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celebration in southern

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. It contains a memorial to 73 soldiers from Hayward,

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and San Lorenzo who died in the

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, and a memorial to Alameda County Sheriff's Deputies and police officers from cities in the county.

Notable burials

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recipients ** Robert McDonald (1822–1901), for action in the

American Indian Wars The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, was a conflict initially fought by European colonization of the Americas, European colonial empires, the United States, and briefly the Confederate States o ...

with the 5th Infantry Regiment * Others ** Charlie Becker (1887–1968), actor who played the "Mayor of Munchkinland" in '' The Wizard of Oz'' ** William Dutton Hayward, namesake of the city of Hayward ** Bob Sweikert (1926–1956), racing driver, 1955

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champion ** Pete Knight (1903–1937), 1930s rodeo championBrian Brennan (May 6, 1997). Cowboy legacy: Poet refused to let bronc rider's memory die. ''Calgary Herald'' (reinterred in 1960 at Greenwood Cemetery in

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) File:George oakes lone tree cemetery fairview.jpg, Grave of George Oakes, first newspaper publisher in Hayward File:Memorial alameda county police lone tree cemetery fairview.jpg,

police officer memorial File:William dutton hayward lone tree cemetery fairview.jpg, Grave of William Dutton Hayward

References

External links

Cemetery website
* {{GNIS, 227522 Cemeteries in Alameda County, California 1868 establishments in California Military monuments and memorials in the United States Law enforcement memorials