The Zimmerman Cemetery
is one of three located in the Indianola,
Magnolia Beach
and Indian Point area.
Zimmerman Cemetery
(One Mile Southeast)The earliest marked grave in the Zimmerman Cemetery, that of Georchim Wedig, is dated 1852. In 1863, Wedig's daugther (sic) Katherine married John Gonzales (1835-1918), who had come to Indianola in 1858 with Joseph Mendez (d. 1904) as a caretaker for a shipload of camels imported by the U.S. Army as part of an experiment in frontier transportation. Natives of Spain, both Gonzales and Mendez are buried in the graveyard. The burial ground, which served the communities of Magnolia Beach and Indianola, takes its name from the family of August Zimmerman, a son-in-law of Joseph Mendez. (Corrected version)
(Marker is located on Hwy 316 about 1/2 mile past the turnoff to Magnolia Beach.)
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