Along Auburn Boulevard stretches the unassuming Sylvan Cemetery. A modest sign indicates the entrance to the cemetery, but the sign only hints at the rich history just inside the gate. Sylvan Cemetery is the burial site of 1,300 veterans from the Civil War, Spanish American War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam Conflict and the Gulf War. It is also home to founding families and early settlers of Citrus Heights and Fair Oaks, including the Van Maren, Rusch and Ose families. In addition to the veterans, more than 6,000 Sacramento County sons and daughters are buried at Sylvan. Before being a cemetery, the land was a Gold Country freight stop and a ranch. Ranch worker James

"Local business owner profile" is a regular column highlighting local business owners, the backbone of our community and economy. Each column explores the personal stories of the owners and the businesses they built. Jack Duncan says that the auto wrecking and dismantling business is in his blood. His grandparents owned a car dismantling business in the 1920s and 30s. Jack spent many hours there as a kid and wrecked his first car there too. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a car meant for wrecking, but his grandparents' own Studebaker. The car was parked on the top of a hill where little Jack clambered into it and pretended to drive. Somehow, he released the emergency brake and the car zipped do