[3] The Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources describes the four-acre cemetery:[2] Established by Marshall Valentine Hartranft, who also founded the utopian community of Tujunga, the cemetery reflects the early history of its community and holds the remains of many early Tujunga residents.

The site is located on hilly terrain, affording a panoramic view of the San Fernando Valley, and is home to several distinctive types of trees.By the early 1970s the cemetery had fallen into disrepair, according to the Los Angeles Times, and lost its license in 1976.

[3] On February 10, 1978, after days of torrential rains, a massive landslide occurred in the San Gabriel Mountains foothills above Tujunga.

According to Thomas Noguchi's book Coroner, some 100 bodies were sent plunging into homes, businesses, and city streets.

The City of Los Angeles repaired the grounds, but heavy rain unearthed more corpses in 1980.