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TEXAS
CEMETERIESA
society cannot call itself civilized if it does not honor the final resting places
of its antecedents. With our expanding coverage we join forces with others in
their efforts to preserve and protect the state's scattered and neglected cemeteries.
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Graveyards Here and There by Bob Bowman
After
a lifetime in East Texas, I have grown to prefer cemeteries where the tombstones
stand high against the sky, where tall trees shade the graves most the time, and
where people get together once a year for a graveyard working and homecoming...
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the Polancio Grave Marker
by Barclay Gibson
"Back in the 1870s a stage was attacked by Indians and
a man, Jose Maria Palancios, was killed. He was buried right where he fell, at
the base of the Peak and a crude rock slab had the information scratched on it." |
Country
Graveyards Here and There by Bob Bowman
After
a lifetime in East Texas, I have grown to prefer cemeteries where the tombstones
stand high against the sky, where tall trees shade the graves most the time, and
where people get together once a year for a graveyard working and homecoming...
Ghost
of Nicaragua Smith Still Haunts Graveyard by W. T. Block, Jr.
If you should
ever pass near the Old City Cemetery in Galveston on the night of January 8th,
you might hear a screaming voice out of the ocean mists...The
Legend of Ann Eliza's Grave
"It soon became a byword among the Sabine
River boatmen that no other grave ever received more attention than that of Ann
Eliza Pavell." Samuel
Everitt Rogers' Grave
Samuel Everitt Rogers, killed and scalped by Comanche
Indians on May 03, 1863, in Carlton, Texas.
Fairmount
Cemetery by Bob Bowman
"Cemeteries are not just resting places for
the dearly departed; they are also repositories of a community’s history--from
its beginning to the present. Such is Fairmount Cemetery, a well-kept graveyard
nestled among the pines and oaks of southeastern Sabine County, near the Texas-Louisiana
border." |
Texas
Cemetery List
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Grave
Thoughts >
Heroism,
romance, betrayal, unrequited love, humor and famous last words. Pathos, bathos
and lassos. Think of it as a Texas Spoon River. |
Texas
Forum:
I
don't know where Columbus City Cemetery is.....never cared. But this great piece
on Live
Oaks and Dead Folks is fantastic! I will be planning a trip next year just
for this fun time. I love the writing style and the information makes it come
alive (so to speak). Please keep up the good work! I have found you and plan to
read and read and read...then maybe mosey on down the road a piece. - Sandy Knebel,
Garland.... by way of Waxahachie, December 17, 2005 |
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