Cue the fanfare! Dateline>City of Angels is proud to debut its very first Podcast Report.
Dating to the 1850s, Old Savannah Cemetery is located in Rosemead, Calif., at the end of the Santa Fe Trial, making it one of our nation’s most historic pioneer graveyards. Over the last few years, preservationists have fended off a plan to remove and replace the tombstones with a Memorial Wall and city park. However, Savannah is still beset by a host of issues that threaten its survival.
Synopsis: In this podcast, I interview pioneer descendant and Savannah Board President Randy Wiggins about the graveyard’s past, present and future. Plus, there’s an added Halloween treat in the form of the ghostlore surrounding the Snoddy family plot (photo).
Title/Download: Probing Old Savannah Cemetery
Album: Dateline>City of Angels Podcast Reports
Episode: No. 1, October 31, 2008
Duration/File: 00:06:31; 3.1 MB, MP3 Stereo
Clicking the blue player tab above delivers a live audio stream of the podcast, which can also be downloaded via the title link. Of course, visitors with podcatching software can also receive the podcast through this site’s RSS feed. More info about Savannah pioneers can be found at the cemetery’s Webblog.
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Congratulations, Mike!
This podcast was so well done that I felt like I was listening to an NPR segment. Great writing, narration, sound effects… definitely a winner.
Good job, son!
Excellant pod cast by Mike Imlay!!! Very informative and interesting article. This is history which we need to pass on to others about El Monte and Southern California. Thanks for all you have done to make that possible.
I thought this sounded like a natural for NPR too. Now that I’ve found it, I’ll have to share it with my students! You should come here one of these days, we’ve got the grave of the Migrant Mother from the Dorothea Lange photo, but not many folks know where it is.
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