San Deigo Historic Site 68 EL CAMPO SANTO

The Catholic cemetery for San Diego between 1850 and 1880, El Campo Santo ison the east side of San Diego Avenue, at Arista Street. Buried here are many of San Diego's most noted citizens. However, among the representatives ofproud families such as the Pedrorenas,Arguellos, Bandinis, Estudillos, and Marrons, who were the leaders of the town in every sense, there lie Yankee Jim Robinson, hanged for absconding with a rowboat, and Antonio Garra, a chief who organized an Indian confederation to drive the Americans out of California. After a number of atrocities had been committed, Garra was captured and shot by a firing squad at his graveside here in 1852.