1888 Stewart family burying ground in the San Gorgonio Pass
Pennsylvania Avenue at 1st Street, Beaumont, CA
Age
All Ages
Cost
Free
Free public cemetery; daylight visitation
Access
Limited Access
Grass and gravel; sloped ground
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1888 · 19th Century Pioneer Cemetery · San Gorgonio Pass Settlement
Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery began as a family cemetery on the Stewart Ranch, on a knoll at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 1st Street in Beaumont. When neighbors asked permission to bury family members on the rise, the Stewarts agreed, and in 1888 the family donated the original six acres to the City of Beaumont.
The cemetery was included in the formation of the Beaumont Public Cemetery District in 1921. Over the next four decades, the Stewart family donated another seven acres and the well pump and pressure system that still serves the grounds. The Beaumont Public Cemetery District renamed it Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery on May 30, 1962, in recognition of those contributions. In July 1996, Banning-Cabazon Cemetery District and Beaumont Public Cemetery District consolidated under the Summit Cemetery District, which manages the site today.
Sources
Anonymous community submissions describe cold spots, light touches, and an unsettled feeling among visitors walking the slope alone. The most-cited account involves a groundskeeper figure who walks toward one of the maintenance sheds and disappears; witnesses who follow find the shed door open and no one inside.
No published investigation, local newspaper feature, or paranormal society report corroborates these accounts. Treat them as folklore. The cemetery is active and used by families; visitors should respect that primary purpose.
Walk the slope at the corner of Pennsylvania and 1st Street, where the Stewart family donated the original six-acre burial ground to the City of Beaumont in 1888. The cemetery is now managed by the Summit Cemetery District. Visit during daylight; respect families using the active cemetery.
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