Grave of George Caralambo (Greek George)

He arrived as Yiorgos Caralambo of Smyrna, one of the drivers hired to come west with the army's camels, and when the experiment collapsed he stayed. He worked stock at Rancho La Brea, was naturalized in 1867 under the name George Allen, and in 1874 lawmen took Tiburcio Vásquez at his adobe. He died in 1913 and was buried here. The cemetery was condemned as a nuisance in 1959, the headstones came out in 1977, and fill and lawn went over the top. His stone and the 1956 plaque sit in the Whittier Museum now.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mission San Gabriel Arcangel — 8.3 mi
  The fourth Alta California mission, built on Tongva land with Tongva labor, rebuilt after arson and now telling that story straight.
• Colorado Street Bridge — 13 mi
  Beaux-Arts concrete arches curving 150 feet above the Arroyo Seco, opened in 1913 and later a link in Route 66.
• Santa Monica Pier — 26 mi
  Where the Mother Road runs out of continent, and where the End of the Trail sign gives the drive somewhere to finish.

More markers nearby

• Reform School for Juvenile Offenders (Fred C. Nelles School) — 0.7 mi
• Paradox Hybrid Walnut Tree — 0.9 mi
• Casa de Governor Pío Pico — 1.5 mi
• Site of Mission Vieja — 3.4 mi