Bones May Be Key to Locating Old Cemetery
From Times Wire Reports
SACRAMENTO
When construction workers unearthed several bones behind the UC Davis Medical Center, they may have solved one of the city’s longtime mysteries.
The bones could be the key to locating former burial grounds used by the Sacramento County Hospital, now the UC Davis Medical Center.
Officials believe the grounds were used as a cemetery for paupers and those with no relatives, dating to the 19th century.
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