Wesley Chapel Cemetery Outhouse - Bluff Dale, TX
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QuesterMark
N 32° 21.019 W 098° 03.299
14S E 588921 N 3579659
This outhouse seems to be falling apart.
Waymark Code: WM8R8H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2010
Views: 11
To prevent visitors from just going where when they have to go, cemeteries often provide facilities.
This is probably a wise decision as this particular cemetery is not at all close to any other facilities.
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The Texas Historical Marker on the site provides a little history of the cemetery:
Wesley Chapel Cemetery
Artesian springs helped draw settlers to Eastern Erath County and the community of Bluff Springs (later Bluff Dale). In 1872, Rev. James Wesley and Martha (Middleton) White donated seven acres of land for a church, school and community burial ground here. Many early Wesley Chapel Cemetery graves are unmarked. The Lewis family plot records several deaths in a short time span, likely reflecting illness from harsh frontier conditions. The Wesley Chapel Methodist Church was active until the 1920s. A cemetery association maintains the graveyard, and families meet each April for a work day. Today, the cemetery that overlooks north Paluxy Creek is the last remnant of the historic Wesley Chapel community.
How many holes?: Not listed
Construction: Not listed
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