Unknown Settlers Graves - Howard County, TX - Homemade Tombstones on Waymarking.com

This very small 4 plot cemetery sits out in the middle of Texas Oil Fields along an un-named dirt road. The Howard County Land Records do not show this small fenced plot. The road is un-named and so are the 4 graves. The Headstones are made of Red Sandstone (easy to carve), but none of the markings are legible as the sandstorms of West Texas are unforgiving and harsh. No names and no dates are remotely legible, yet you can tell that there used to be marks which have weathered away.



A local landowner knows about the site but doesn't have a clue about who is buried there. He does tell an interesting tale that he had heard years before.

"The small 4 grave plot supposedly has the remains of a settler family....Mother and 3 Children" and another story goes that these are the final resting place for a Woman, 2 children and a dog.

There is a Geocache located here as well: Texas Spirit Quest #28

^{My brother is the cache owner and I set up the cache page for him.}

To access this waymark you can exit Interstate 20 and turn south onto E. Howard Field Rd. Drive about 1.5 miles south and turn left onto the un-named dirt road and go east about 7/8 of a mile. The site is fenced with Oil Field Rod and will be located on your right if you follow these directions.

I have just found out on 11/11/12 that it was some oil field workers who found the actual plot. The maintenance and service crew for this section of pump stations built the Rod and pipe fence around the plot and have it on their schedule to keep the site weeded and clear. These honorable men know the value of history and don't want this little piece of Texas history to disappear in the sands of time and sands of West Texas

Material: Stone Date of Birth: Not listed Date of Death: Not listed Web Site: Not listed

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