Searching for a Forgotten Cemetery and Ruins from the 1800s in Poway, California

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Жыл бұрын

On the outskirts of Poway, California, up on a knoll over looking the valley, is an old pioneer cemetery dating back to the late 1800s. The small cemetery only has five occupants, all from the same family, but the cemetery isn't the family's only legacy on the land.
Just down the valley there is the ruins of the family's home. Sitting near a creek with epic views of the valley below, the family called their home "Longview." Built in the 1880s, legend has it that the home was burned down by bank robbers on the run in 1908.
In this video we head up into the hills to locate the cemetery and find the ruins of Longview while stopping to check out another set of ruins along the way.
The cemetery is located at 32.956848, -117.003115
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@BuffaloSkinner1966 Жыл бұрын

That's my childhood backyard! Lived at that end of Garden road from 1976 until the 2000's. My friends and I spent many hours exploring those beautiful hills. I have been to the house and grave site many times, but never heard the bank robber story. I heard the house was destroyed in a wildfire. Love your videos!!!

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

A wildfire is probably just as likely to be fair.

@jeannerogers7085 Жыл бұрын

W3 are still here, onSebago.

@janohare916 Жыл бұрын

That looks like a fantastic place to grow up.

@pablotanja2405 Жыл бұрын

i live in Poway also how can get there it's nice to see some history

@sufizmjim Ай бұрын

Was there a spring nearby?

@CactusAtlas Жыл бұрын

These type of videos you do are always one of my favorites. Just these little nearly forgotten remnants from so long ago and often just hidden next to areas one might drive by every day. Really connects the present with the past to remind us that these people were living lives not so dissimilar from us today in many ways.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that road in the distance is a major road and just think about how many people drive by every day not knowing the history in the valley below them.

@jerrysullivan8424 Жыл бұрын

Back in 1975 while on active duty in the Marines at Camp Pendleton, I was friends with a Marine from POWAY, He was a big Jimmy Hendrix fan. every time that I see anything about Poway I think about him. you being a veteran maybe able to relate how we attach names of former brothers to the city where they came from. Thank you for bring back good memories of my youth in your videos.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I know what you mean. There are certain places where I instantly think about people I served with.

@jerrysullivan8424 Жыл бұрын

@@SidetrackAdventures I hope that you see this, I now think about you when I hear San Diego. LOL! Have a good weekend.

@josephhaddakin7095 Жыл бұрын

I was a kid in Poway 76-82. Back then it was still country area. Used to know all the cool areas to explore & fish. There also used to be an abandoned area where Sabre Springs is now(south of Poway road) that had an Olympic size pool. I had heard it was a training site for some Olympic swimmer. Another abandoned house off Midland Rd had a swimming pool that we used to clean out & skateboard in. Most of the abandoned areas that I used to explore have been bulldozed & built over. Poway is an expensive & very nice area now. It's a lot different. My parents still live there.

@lisamadison4376 Жыл бұрын

There are also 2 graves (a man and his wife I believe) that are buried on a trail from the Poway Stables. We used to ride horses out there and pay our respects. I would love to find out more about them.

@InternetJury 8 ай бұрын

If you mean Eichar's grave-- there's no wife buried there. It's only one man, John Eichar. Eichar's wife moved back to Colorado after his death. It's also not even his actual grave... it's just a memorial plot. From what I've heard, they think his actual burial spot (unmarked) is on the north side of the creek in the woods.

@martinbelasco577 Жыл бұрын

I grew up there in Poway about a mile from this site and never knew about it. We hiked all over that area when I was a kid. Thanks for sharing.

@dawnperfect2464 Жыл бұрын

Hi Marty! I remember you.

@dawnperfect2464 Жыл бұрын

Dawn Nielsen

@pigeonpallz1733 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making videos

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@eileenmaas6120 9 ай бұрын

Love this video. We ride our horses on those exact trails and the chimney is such a landmark! Thank you for the history!❤

@cv41vf151 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your videos. We were stationed in Imperial Beach back in the 60’s, had a clunker car, very little money and two toddlers, so not only did we not know that the many sights that you document even existed we never had the time to explore. Stay safe, have fun and keep up the great work.

@larrymiller4 Жыл бұрын

I was born in Escondido in 1950 (one of the first babies born at the old Palomar Hospital), was raised on a farm/avocado orchard in Vista, and grew up in this fantastic North County terrain. I love the sagebrush and the boulder-encrusted hills, the dry creek beds, the eucalyptus trees everywhere, the feeling in the air, and sweet memories of my youth. Really enjoying your channel, how you go into a lot of historical depth. I'm also wondering if you could feature places like Del Dios, Lake Wohlford, Mesa Grande, Julian and Santa Ysabel (killer bakery -- still there?), Pala, Campo, Warner Springs, Palomar Mountain ... well, you get the idea. Campo has a fascinating history. My folks had lifetime friends who lived there. I'm also a nut for old abandoned roads and highways.

@Midlosoup 5 ай бұрын

Bakery is still there

@glenncarver3896 Жыл бұрын

I love this………I am interested in old historic places……….

@richarddavenport31 10 ай бұрын

COOL PLACE, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING IT TO US!!!!

@chuniquepaceno470 Жыл бұрын

Thanks again, Steve, for your research and willingness to get out and document places, really enjoy them. It helps, too, that so many of the places that you visit are places I know from my youth as we lived in Escondido for four years back in the day. I'd never heard of this family or their graveyard, not surprising. Really appreciate your efforts. Something this video shows that I also appreciate is how much open space there still is "in the outskirts of Poway." Anymore, when I drive through the area on I-15, it seems like wall-to-wall buildings from downtown San Diego until Fallbrook, so good to see that off the corridor, such is still not the case.

@johnmcclelndon7641 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I remember when Poway was a small town riding horses with family to Foster Freeze 1960s

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

I should have mentioned in the video, but the only people we saw while hiking out here were a few people on horseback.

@jridge16 Жыл бұрын

@@SidetrackAdventures I used to ride my mountain bike up that trail to the east to Hwy 67. Then a short stint along 67 to Poway Rd, then down Poway Rd back to Garden Lane. Those roads now are probably super highways.

@koningbolo4700 Жыл бұрын

4:38 Looks more like a retaining wall associated with a walled and/or terraced garden or possibly a greenhouse...

@JH_75 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy this channel, you find some very interesting stuff that is often unreported on by other sources. I also appreciate the relaxed demeanor, lack of obnoxious music, and respect for the history and areas in which you are exploring. thanks..

@leewilson9226 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the bank robbers did it. Liking seeing the snippets of history and unknowns from the San Diego area. While in the military there many moons ago was unable to explore that much so interesting to see and learn more about the beautiful surrounding areas. Well done.

@llchapman1234 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy these relaxed adventures videos. Thank you for close captioning.

@davethompson9776 Жыл бұрын

You do a nice job on these overlooked sights, thank you.

@dougsmuaythai Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Poway and it was fun as a kid, exploring all sorts of ruins around the area. Sadly, through so-called progress, most have been destroyed by development, but you can still find a few gems like this one.

@SpanishEclectic Жыл бұрын

All those bits of abandoned old houses are so much fun to explore. Thanks for taking us along. Truth is often stranger than fiction, and many stories are lost. Still fun to think about and share.

@jeffwindham6834 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this. My old stomping grounds.....

@paulscanter5562 Жыл бұрын

Very cool! If you go south to the end of Sycamore Canyon Rd, there is a trailhead and parking lot. That is where the Stowe school once stood. I walked around for a bit just south of the lot to see if I could find nails, or any other remnants and couldn’t find anything.

@ChrisW-17 Жыл бұрын

Poway! Went to middle and high school here 30+ years ago. Your off the beaten path adventures are such a treat! Never knew this was even there.

@gobbleguk Жыл бұрын

I really love visiting cemeteries, so thanks for posting!

@senthilnathanviswanathan4924 Жыл бұрын

I likely lonely places and wilderness. Such places gives a dizzy feel and have a transportation effect. I just imagined walking down the lonely trail. Your videos give a surreal feel. Thanks Steeve.

@travelingman21000 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for another wonderful video on some of the forgotten local history.

@trumer-and-co Жыл бұрын

I'm really enjoying your videos. I grew in Escondido and you take me to places that I didn't know existed. Thank you!

@davidmclaughlin2796 Жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful video Steve. You are a story teller. Please keep up your good work. Thank you. David

@elliottevanforever Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Poway, and for sure want to check this out next time I visit home! thanks for all that you do, love your information and places you find.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@maryanderson6318 Жыл бұрын

Interesting.& wish there was more history.

@Corgis175 Жыл бұрын

That was a find. I had friends who lived in Poway and used to go horseback riding out there. The path you walked could still be used by horses.

@jayybird0096 Жыл бұрын

My family lives just on the other side of Scripps Poway Pkwy from here. For years I’ve driven past and seen the chimney from Longview and wanted to explore but always thought it was on private property.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

The trail out to it is just on the outside of the property fence.

@DW-qe7qe Жыл бұрын

Great video. So interesting and intriguing. Thank you again.

@richardrichard9953 Жыл бұрын

My Great grandfather is Buried in a cemetary in WingVille oregon. The graves are no longer marked because a fire burned most of the wooden grave markers. The weeds are 4 ft high.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Is there any sort of marker for the cemetery at all?

@kimberlyschultz9657 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting! I live in SD and drive by all these areas in your videos and have never realized what is hidden around me :). Thank you for exploring and providing history on all these fascinating places 😊

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@MCW1955 Жыл бұрын

Grew up in the San Fernando Valley, now in NorCal, and I’m really enjoying your videos on the southern areas I rarely got to in our once great state.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

If you ever get back down to the San Fernando Valley area check out the Valley Relics Museum. Its amazing and will surely bring back a lot of memories for you.

@grandmakellymcdonald 9 ай бұрын

Let’s go, let’s go adventure💕🌺✌️👵

@joewenzel5142 Жыл бұрын

I don't know how you find these obscure places but keep it up.

@michaelsonleitner5724 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve for another enjoyable video!

@dezertraider Жыл бұрын

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU STEVE AND YOUR FAMILY....ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO..THANK YOU

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Happy holidays to you as well.

@mtnair3 Жыл бұрын

Hi Steve, another good video. I appreciate that you separate stories based on facts from “good story telling.”

@kyle4246 3 ай бұрын

been here so many times it’s such an easy walk for me lol

@rampage44km Жыл бұрын

That's my neighborhood. I'll have to check it out. Thanks again Steve!

@northernexposurephoto 6 ай бұрын

I grew up in East County San Diego and never knew these places existed. Your videos are so interesting, thank you for sharing!

@billmcroberts6566 4 ай бұрын

Another interesting, well done video.

@antonioperez2623 Жыл бұрын

I live very near the area and never knew. Thanks for another interesting video.

@jeannerogers7085 Жыл бұрын

That one rusty section of fence may well be a relic of the Cedar Fire; fire oxidizes barbed wire.

@karimedinburgh Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video my friend , thanks for sharing , stay connected !!!

@ScratchGlass9 Жыл бұрын

Poway, where Ted Williams one of my boyhood idols lived. I was there when they dedicated that part of I 15 in his name. magical day to see the splendid splinter !! thank you for your travels. always a great enjoyment every week

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

The home he grew up in in North Park was just sold recently.

@glenclarkchidley3637 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff!

@Gypsyboy932 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@kevinmorris4133 Жыл бұрын

I recently came across your videos and am thoroughly enjoying them! I love finding local history in out of the places. Have you thought about doing a video on historic Hwy 99 from Redding to Mt Shasta? What little I can see from the freeway looks very cool. Being a truck driver, I never have time or access to these out of the way places. Again, I am thoroughly enjoying your videos. Thank you so much!

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

I have some plans to do more on Highway 99. There is an excellent book on it by Steven Provost that really helps with background info.

@MACFORD88 Жыл бұрын

I've heard there is a tombstone from a the wild west. Up in the hills somewhere there.

@pgk60 Жыл бұрын

Lots of fun as always. Thanks.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@CoreyLevitan1 Жыл бұрын

There’s an interesting pioneer cemetery in Carmel Valley you might want to check out. It’s behind St Therese church, which started burying its own bodies there, so most locals assume the cemetery was started by them. (It wasn’t.) There’s a Miles Standish buried there, who isn’t the original but might be a relative.

@CaliforniaEBRDude Жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I had no idea there was anything like that in the area. Subscribed.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@Last_one_before_I_go Жыл бұрын

Wonderful, but in a way sad...thanks again for sniffing out these unusual places. You should be considered an essential California resource. Keep it up I love the stories.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it.

@jridge16 Жыл бұрын

He's the new Huell Howser!

@FamousInternetGuy Жыл бұрын

There was a family cemetery like this on one of the hills in Rainbow Ca that I walked through back in the 1970's. We walked through an abandoned house and then down some rock steps on the hillside to it. I haven't found a record of it anywhere and so can't remember exactly which hill it was, but it was right off of what is now the 15 but back then was 2 lane 15e\395. It would be cool to see you find it and do a vid.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

I'll see if I can find anything. Been wanting to try the restaurant up there anyway!

@fitzspike Жыл бұрын

Great story!

@elizabethbogle3533 Жыл бұрын

Love the background music.

@kyleohara8700 Жыл бұрын

This is really interesting. I want to find stuff like this around my town.

@rogersmith6329 Жыл бұрын

I love these videos!

@thom2512 Жыл бұрын

Great story, as usual. Have you ever visited the Daggett Pioneer Cemetery off of Hwy 40 near Newberry Springs? They are still active and I have been told anyone can be buried there. The cost is that of the backhoe operator.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

I haven't been out there yet. There's a few places I've been wanting to check out in that area though.

@JP-su8bp Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@frenchfriedrat Жыл бұрын

Cool find.

@daveh4283 Жыл бұрын

Great video Steve

@stewartthompson72 Жыл бұрын

You are a great storyteller Steve.🙂

@ecc5119 Жыл бұрын

Excellent time travel video.

@BeingMe23 Жыл бұрын

I used to live in Longview, Washington

@TheRealDrJoey Жыл бұрын

You certainly picked a nice clear day to be able to show us that "long view."

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

I got lucky, the storms were blowing in and about an hour later the weather wasn't as nice.

@jerroldkazynski5480 Жыл бұрын

One of my former workmates had developed a great family history going back to England. Their early days in California were east of San Diego. The Spanish established the area beginning in early 1500s because of the great bay where they could park the boat and resupply for exploration voyages.

@johnlafever3162 Жыл бұрын

Boat?

@Gypsy839 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your trips that you share with me!

@Gypsy839 Жыл бұрын

Me and everyone else😂😂

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it.

@jeffmyers7062 Жыл бұрын

great show !

@jeannerogers7085 Жыл бұрын

The Poway Historical Society can supply any info wanted about these sites.

@pappysproductions Жыл бұрын

Excellent videos my man

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@mawi1172 Жыл бұрын

I like your attitude about these different situations! 😊 Each story has that same non-judgemental attitude thru out all your videos. 💋😻🥰😍 Makes the video more interesting.

@talljohnsfunshop2722 Жыл бұрын

Steve I love your vids and this one was extra cool to me. I grew up in Poway and had a long time friend that lived on sycamore canyon rd and many friends that lived in the garden rd area. 50 years or some ago me and friends would hike out there to the cemetery and ruins and play our gun games. Wow the memories. Keep up the great work 👍

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

That's really cool. Has the area changed much from what you could see in the video? I know in the other direction there is probably 20x as many houses.

@talljohnsfunshop2722 Жыл бұрын

@Sidetrack Adventures its the same. Ya the houses are everywhere. We would ride are bikes and to get to the sites we would ride from sycamore canyon rd. The brush was much thicker I think. My guess is that the big wildfires must of changed that. The faucet you found used to turn back then but water never came out. I'm glad to see that the ruins are still there and I'm going to visit it next time I visit. Your video's have hit several places that I'm familiar with. I look forward to the next always.

@jridge16 Жыл бұрын

That flat open area in the distance in some of your video used to be citrus groves. They cleared that out many years ago.

@brentnearhood8874 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@carpo719 Жыл бұрын

I love these exploration videos thanks for sharing I lived up in Tigard oregon, it's a large city but I walked down into this little wooded area on a hillside by my apartment one time and found an old Pioneer Cemetery buried in the trees. I wonder if it's still there

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a pretty amazing find.

@johnlafever3162 Жыл бұрын

Do you think there’s a chance the pioneers got up and moved?

@anthonybrincefield2812 Жыл бұрын

Like taking a trip without leaving home. While I’m out on the bike I’ll take a break and explore old cemeteries

@bohtell5047 11 ай бұрын

It wouldn’t show up on google maps, but north of that graveyard (other side of the hill, canyon just below Poway rd, behind Tooth Rock) there is a small gold mine. 15’ deep cave and a dam with a sluice gate nearby.

@VintageVermilion Жыл бұрын

Every time I see these old abandoned structures, it's makes me wish that the walls really could talk. Imagine the stories they would have to share.

@williamlovely450 Жыл бұрын

love you and your vidios

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@marciodossantosmanganelli2542 Жыл бұрын

Vídeo excelente! 😊👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@Garydigsmetaldetecting Жыл бұрын

You make great content my friend, subbed 😊, Gary

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙂

@manonamission2000 Жыл бұрын

Amazing and incredible videos, just be careful exploring cemeteries... for health reasons, spiritual and physical

@NorthSDsurfer 5 ай бұрын

go padres! i've been exploring this area in penasquitos and poway a lot... there's s trippy gravesite up above carmel creek and the 56 if you want to check that out. more gravesites in pq canyon

@Jislas442 Жыл бұрын

Last time I was there. There were a lot of rattlesnake. Like every twenty feet. Use caution walking there.

@eileenirwin2778 Жыл бұрын

Great video, Steve. Looks like you may need to start carrying some WD-40 with you for such occasions! LOL Thanks for sharing.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I wasn't breaking through that rust.

@charleshaggard4341 Жыл бұрын

Looked like there was a parking lot in some of video, what was it for? I always look forward to your travels.

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

No parking lot. You might be seeing a field from the farm in the distance.

@1904_Rob Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Any idea who owns the land now?

@SidetrackAdventures Жыл бұрын

I think its part of the Poway Open Space Preserve but I'm not 100% sure. There are number of trails, but no signs.

@mercedithcompala8148 9 ай бұрын

Please look up the MILLARD FAMILY OF POWAY CALIFORNIA. They where one of the first settlers.

@chrisgentry7242 9 ай бұрын

I wonder if the song by the talking heads burning down the house was going through the cops and robbers heads even though way too early for that song.

@ihatedietcola7920 Жыл бұрын

Supposedly there's still grave sites lost in Roslyn Washington.

@tmcmiz1005 Жыл бұрын

How do you go about finding all these interesting places?

@SanitysVoid Ай бұрын

I grew up there I don't recognize even the outskirt areas. Must be on the other side of town where I lived. Who owns the land now? Half temped to build a hose around the chimney LOL