Pacific Coast Railway Right-Of-Way / A Terrible Tragedy
ID: CA1886040101
Name(s) of People Lynched: Peter and Julius Hemmi
Number of People Lynched: 2
Race: Not specified
Gender: Male
Lynching Date(s): 1886-04-01
Year Marker Erected: 1981
Erected by: South County Historical Society & Bennett-Loomis Archives
City: Arroyo Grand
County: San Luis Obispo
State: California
Marker Text: In the early morning darkness of April 1st, 1886 a group of local masked vigilantes on horseback lynched Peter Hemmi and his son Julius on the Pacific Coast Railway bridge (located 400 feet south of this marker) for the murder of rancher Eugene Walker of the upper Arroyo Grande Valley because of a long standing property dispute.
Sources: https://www.hmdb.org