Fascinating Facts about San Francisco

By Betsy Malloy, About.com Guide

San Francisco outlawed burials in 1901, and the Presidio and Mission have the city's only remaining cemeteries. The dead are in neighboring Colma, making it the world's only incorporated city where the dead outnumber the living. Permanent residents of its 16 cemeteries include Wyatt Earp and Joe DiMaggio.

This stone, in the cemetery at Mission Dolores is one of the oldest there, marking the burial of the first Alcalde (Chief Administrator), first appointed while the area was under Mexican rule.