The Historic City Cemetery is one of the oldest existing cemeteries in Sacramento. Since its establishment in 1849, the City Cemetery has become the resting place of many remarkable Californians; demonstrating the diversity of California's history and culture. Adorned with beautiful statues, dramatic markers, and lush gardens, the City Cemetery is an outdoor museum tasked with preserving California history since the Gold Rush era. Keeping with the Victorian era style of its inception, it has been maintained to resemble a Victorian-era garden linking visitors of today with the setting and sentiment of its past.