ACTON – A Sprint employee made an unusual discovery while working near the Vasquez Rocks in Acton… the broken and discarded tombstone of a woman who was born and died in the 1800s.
[Around 3:30 p.m., Monday, August 4,] Joe Trader was working on a cell tower near Indian Brave Road and Valley Sage Road when he found the tombstone nearby.
Trader called the Sheriff’s Department and the tombstone was taken to the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station by Deputies.
There were no clues to where the tombstone came from or how it came to be abandoned in the hills. It is unknown if it had been stolen and discarded or if it had been abandoned in the hills after having been replaced with a newer grave marker.
The tombstone is engraved with “Mother” on the top and the name “Sarah Robinson” on the front.
It gives a date of birth of May 19, 1822 and a date of death of June 22, 1889.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station at 661-272-2400.
adam says
I’m going to take a guess and say it came the former Ventura Cemetery that was turned into a park. In Venture they dumped all the tombstones in the river and they ended up washing up in various places. People all along the 126 and in Newhall used them as doormats, decorations, etc. I don’t think it was from a single grave from a homestead as Acton and Palmdale cemetery were well established by this point to serve this area, could have been taken from one of these places long ago though.
Valerie says
Vasquez Rocks is in Agua Dulce. Who writes this stuff? A little research would be prudent.
KayDee says
Near being the operative word… Indian Brave & Valley Sage Road is actually a Santa Clarita zip and the intersection is between Acton and Agua Dulce since we’re splitting hairs and all. LOL! So trivial!
Go Figure says
Probably a movie prop.
History says
Maybe the family buried her in those hills. Lots of old homesteads are now nothing more than dust while this stone object stood the test of time.
Gen says
I agree looking at the years on the stone she was older than Tiburcio Vasquez and died years after he did. Vasquez was known as his main hide out and that is why it is named after him. It is also rumored that many pioneers were buried there they just had no proof and well This might be it.
Eric says
Always grateful for bits of local history; was woefully unaware of that. Interesting reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiburcio_V%C3%A1squez
As says
Really cool.
vanessa says
There is a cemetary in Acton, perhaps it belongs in there??