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Boot Hill

Address:

16 Goldenrod
Irvine, CA
92614
United States

Phone:

(818) 633 0300

Contact Email:

Website:

http://www.legendofboothill.com

About:

BOOT HILL rises from the fog for it's 7th year to inhabit the residence at 16 Goldenrod. The unearthly spirits from the old west town of Bridgewood will materialize for four short nights, transforming the residence at 16 Goldenrod into the old church and cemetary that once occupied the land. Come if you dare...but beware the ghost of Jedediah Smith, he has been known to roam through the decaying grounds of Boot Hill

History:

Once upon a nightmare, many memories ago, there lived - and died - the town of Bridgewood. It existed here, on this hallowed grounds. Legend has it, a mining supply train was making its way late on night from Nevada to the coast of Southern California. The train was crossing an old wooden trestle in the tolling hills of what is now southern Orange County, when the structure gave out under the tremendous weight of the locomotive. The mighty engine fell nose-first into a dry riverbed below, and the rest of the cars followed. The gunpowder and dynamite the train was hauling ignited, and the entire area went up in a series of explosions that could be seen and heard for miles. None of the train’s crew survived the blast. For another year, anyone – resident or traveler – that opposed Smith was publicly executed by a group of outlaws that Smith had surrounded himself with. History tells that Jedediah Smith quickly went mad, and drowned out any feeling of remorse with alcohol. On October 30th, 1902, in a drunken rage, Smith ordered all of the town’s women to be executed; some say it was a mad revelation of ending Bridgewood’s population cycle. One by one, all women from young children to the elderly were dragged out of their homes and slaughtered in the streets. The men of Bridgewood were held at bay – or shot to death – as they watched in horror. It took many years to heal the wounds that Smith had inflicted on Bridgewood. After many decades of sorrow, The Irvine Company purchased the land, leveled the remaining buildings and started fresh with the planned community of Woodbridge. Legend has it, that each Halloween, the church and cemetery where Jedediah Smith met his fate on October 31st, 1902, reappears for just a short while so that the spirits of the past may mourn. Of course, this is all quite simply a tale, A Halloween ghost story written to spook the faint of heart. Isn’t it?