Nearby is the grave of Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Sealth, for whom Seattle was named. Her tombstone tells that, at her request, she was laid to rest near Yesler, her protector and friend. Shipbuilder Robert Moran, 19th-century Seattle mayor and builder of Rosario, now a resort on Orcas Island, is buried away from other graves at the western edge of the cemetery beneath a copper monument turned green with age. Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry. Bruce Lee died in 1973, his son 20 years later.
People come from all over the world to see the graves.
On the day we were there, we spoke with two men who were visiting from China. E., is the final resting place of rock musician Jimi Hendrix, legendary guitarist and Garfield High alum. On state Route 104, it's easily reached by Washington State Ferry from Edmonds to Kingston. On a hill overlooking Hood Canal, the old graveyard contains the remains of Gustave Engelbrecht, a U.S. gunboat sailor who died in a battle with a raiding party of Native Americans from British Columbia in 1856. Most of the other graves are of people who lived in the company town.