Recent Cemetery Visits
All photos below by Dustin Durrett El Campo Santo de Cemento de la Compania Trinity Portland: Horton Family Cemetery: Mooneyham Sparkman Cemetery: Robinson Family Cemetery: Get future posts by email.
All photos below by Dustin Durrett El Campo Santo de Cemento de la Compania Trinity Portland: Horton Family Cemetery: Mooneyham Sparkman Cemetery: Robinson Family Cemetery: Get future posts by email.
By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery is located high on a hill north of Barnes Bridge at the intersection with Belt Line Road in Sunnyvale. The cemetery also known as the New Hope Cemetery is a small parcel of the Peters Colony six hundred and forty acre Survey Number 696 that…
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By Susannah Clark The Horton Cemetery was started as early as 1848 on the property of James Horton, my great great grandfather. It is believed it was started when his sister, Martha Horton Horton died. She was the wife of a cousin, William Horton. So, if family cemeteries of that era were issued an original…
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Pleasant Mound Cemetery: Shearith Israel Cemetery: Mesquite Cemetery: Photos by Dustin Durrett Get future posts by email.
The Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery became the sixth such facility in the state of Texas and at the time was the 118th in the United States. The other national cemeteries in Texas are San Antonio National Cemetery, Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Kerrville National Cemetery and Houston National Cemetery. It took…
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Originally chartered as Trinity Cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery has been in continuous use since 1874. One of our members took the photos below over a period of several days. All photos by Dustin Durrett: Brief history of Greenwood Cemetery Get future posts by email.
On behalf of Remembering Black Dallas and the White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories, Inc., in collaboration with the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, we invite you to join us for a state historical marker dedication celebrating the history of the White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories. For over 170 years, this recognized city landmark has…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The small cemetery known as El Rancho Grande or Trinity Farms is behind some houses on Lee Hall Street behind St. Paul Hospital near I-35. The cemetery is very near the street known as Record Crossing, which is exactly what it was, a hard surface low water crossing for…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The small cemetery known as El Rancho Grande or Trinity Farms is behind some houses on Lee Hall Street behind St. Paul Hospital near I-35. The cemetery is very near the street known as Record Crossing, which is exactly what it was, a hard surface low water crossing for…
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WHITE ROCK CEMETERY GARDEN OF MEMORIES Historical Narrative Written and Researched by Sheniqua Cummings for the Texas Historical Commission 2019 Undertold Marker Application, Dallas County I. BACKGROUND For over 170 years, the land that the White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories now occupies has retained the history of the Upper White Rock community. Aptly named…
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