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The
ruins showing the Old D'Hanis Cemetery and the northern wall of St.
Dominic Church
Photo by John Troesser, May 2004 |
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The
old D’Hanis Cemetery and the ruins of St.
Dominic Church are worthy of a stop for anyone traveling US 90.
They are just east of the high school, a quarter of a mile south of
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A tombstone
showing the stone cutter's meticulous skill
Photo courtesy Vitaly Altoiz |
Another
tombstone detail
Photo courtesy Vitaly Altoiz |
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Another
tombstone in Old D’Hanis
TE Photo May 2004 |
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A
photo of this ghostly angel was once used for a cover on a Texas cemeteries
book
Photo by John Troesser, May 2004 |
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Noteworthy headstones are the First Sheriff of Bandera County (Born
in Bohemia, served in the Mexican War and killed by Indians) and the
first person interred – a girl who died of fever after carrying her
brothers and sisters across a stream. |
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Bandera’s
First Sheriff born in Bohemia - killed by Indians in Texas
Photo by John Troesser, May 2004 |
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The townspeople stopped using the cemetery in 1893 due to a Diphtheria
epidemic, but the old-world artistic inscriptions and the wrought-iron
markers make the Old D’Hanis Cemetery one of the most interesting
in Texas.
© John Troesser
Old D'Hanis
History - See
D'Hanis
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A
tombstone fragment
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