ECV1850 Plaque:
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Office and Streetcar Line
(Colma, CA)

MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY OFFICE AND STREETCAR LINE
IN 1896, THE ABBEY LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY ESTABLISHED MOUNT OLIVET CEME- TERY. DURING THAT YEAR, THE COMPANY ALSO OBTAINED A FRANCHISE FROM THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO TO RUN A STREETCAR LINE FROM THE TRACKS OF THE "40" LINE TO THE OFFICE BUILDING AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CEMETERY. THE MOUNT OLIVET LOCAL LINE, AS IT WAS CALLED, SERVICED VISITORS TO THE CEMETERY UNTIL 1926 WHEN THE "40 LINE" WAS RELOCATED.
DEDICATED JANUARY 11, 1986. TOWN OF COLMA ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ORDER E CLAMPUS VITUS

MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY
OFFICE AND STREETCAR LINE

IN 1896, THE ABBEY LAND AND IMPROVEMENT
COMPANY ESTABLISHED MOUNT OLIVET CEME-
TERY. DURING THAT YEAR, THE COMPANY ALSO
OBTAINED A FRANCHISE FROM THE COUNTY OF
SAN MATEO TO RUN A STREETCAR LINE FROM
THE TRACKS OF THE "40" LINE TO THE OFFICE
BUILDING AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CEMETERY.
THE MOUNT OLIVET LOCAL LINE, AS IT WAS
CALLED, SERVICED VISITORS TO THE CEMETERY
UNTIL 1926 WHEN THE "40 LINE" WAS RELOCATED.

DEDICATED JANUARY 11, 1986.

TOWN OF COLMA

ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ORDER
E CLAMPUS VITUS

Joint dedication by
Emperor Norton Brigade,
The five flatland chapters:
Yerba Buena No. 1 (q.v.),
Joaquin Murrieta No. 13,
Monterey Viejo No. 1846,
Mountain Charlie No. 1850, and
Sam Brannan No. 1004 Chapters.

This plaque is located at the old
Mount Olivet office building, now
the Colma Historical Association Museum
on the South-West corner of
Hillside Boulevard and F Street.
Colma.
San Mateo County, CA.

Museum Hours:
Monday - closed
Tuesdays - Sunday 10am-3pm.

GPS Mount Olivet Historical Museum
WGS84 Datum
N 37.68244°
W 121.45638°

ECV1850 Plaque: Mount Olivet Cemetery Office and Streetcar Line (Colma, CA)

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Mount Olivet Cemetery
Office and Streetcar Line
(Colma, CA)

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