Alum Rock Park - 'Lady in White' and creekside ghost folklore

Alum Rock Park, founded in 1872, is one of California's oldest municipal parks and includes trails along Penitencia Creek. Local folklore includes stories of a 'Lady in White' or the ghost of a young woman seen near the creek and in the park's ravines; these accounts appear in local newspapers, guidebooks, and oral histories. The tales are presented in community storytelling and walking-tour programs as anecdotal folklore rather than documented paranormal evidence.