Love Creek Landslide
Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
The site of the Love Creek landslide of Santa Cruz County is the burial ground for four of the many victims who perished here. This tragedy took place a little after midnight on 4 January 1982 when a massive landslide raced down a nearby mountainside and destroyed ten homes, burying twenty-two people while they slept unawares in their beds. Eighteen of the bodies were eventually recovered and received proper burial or cremation, but the bodies of four of the victims were never found, and remain buried here somewhere in the debris. A cross in memory of the victims was placed alongside Love Creek Road soon after the tragedy, and near this cross is a memorial of the four members of the McCluskey family, all of whom perished in the slide, and two of whom are still buried somewhere in this general area.
The site of the Love Creek landslide of Santa Cruz County is the burial ground for four of the many victims who perished here. This tragedy took place a little after midnight on 4 January 1982 when a massive landslide raced down a nearby mountainside and destroyed ten homes, burying twenty-two people while they slept unawares in their beds. Eighteen of the bodies were eventually recovered and received proper burial or cremation, but the bodies of four of the victims were never found, and remain buried here somewhere in the debris. A cross in memory of the victims was placed alongside Love Creek Road soon after the tragedy, and near this cross is a memorial of the four members of the McCluskey family, all of whom perished in the slide, and two of whom are still buried somewhere in this general area.
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- Added: 1 Sep 2023
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2784747
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