You'd think Wyatt Earp, famed lawman of the Wild West, would be buried in Tombstone, but no, my 12 mile bike ride down to San Francisco suburb Colma today revealed that he's actually buried just a stone's throw from the largest collection of car dealerships in the Bay Area.
Even more strangely it transpires that Earp is buried in a Jewish cemetery. Apparently his wife, Josephine, was a Jewess from San Francisco and so even though Earp died in Los Angeles at the ripe old age of 89, his remains were returned to his wife's family cemetery here in the Bay, where she joined him 15 years later.
If it all sounds like Earp's final resting place is a bit underwhelming then there's definitely one thing that's absolutely fitting with his reputation. How about this for a grave stone inscription brimming with Wild West cool:
"There's nothing so sacred as honor, and nothing so loyal as love."
And as if that wasn't enough trivia for one day, I can also tell you that Levi Strauss, the blue jean king of California, has a whole mausoleum about one hundred yards from Wyatt Earp in the very same cemetery! Bet you won't find that in the Lonely Planet!
You don't write anymore, you don't call....don't you love me at all??????
Hope things are well - glad you're keeping your blog alive.....have lost your work email and am too lazy to look for it...send me an email at work...loads to tell.... :-)
Posted by: Matt | October 14, 2004 at 02:47 AM
Maybe you can visit Doc Holliday's grave next. Might be a bit more than a bike ride to get to but worth the trip.
Posted by: Tomas | October 17, 2004 at 02:58 PM
Is the blog dead or have you been working weekends?!
Posted by: Ella | November 28, 2004 at 07:06 PM