Found this on the local City history site (Whittier, California):

Grave of George Caralambo "Greek George"
The grave site of "Greek George" is State Historical Landmark 646 and is located in Founder's Memorial Park, Broadway at Gregory Avenue. "Greek George" was a camel driver from Asia Minor who came to the United States with the second load of camels purchased by the War Department as an experiment to open a wagon road to Fort Tejon from Fort Defiance, New Mexico. Because of the Civil War, the experiment was abandoned. Greek George" became a naturalized citizen in 1867 under the name George Allen. He built an adobe on Santa Monica Boulevard.

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