Cedar Grove Cemetery - Sanderson, TX
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N 30° 07.923 W 102° 23.254
13R E 751672 N 3336299
The cemetery contains a corner for "orphan" tombstones that were washed from their foundations by the 1965 flood. There is also a monument to those who lost their lives in the 1965 flood.
Waymark Code: WMR2R1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2016
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Located adjacent to Santa Rita Cemetery. This is a county cemetery.
There are markers for train robbers who on March 13, 1912 tried to rob a GH&SA passenger train at Baxter’s Curve, eight miles east of Sanderson. Express Agent Dave Trousdale dispatched one with an
ice mallet and then used the robber's gun to kill the other robber. An
iconic photo of their dead bodies, propped against a baggage cart, was made at the depot. They were buried in a common grave. To see the marker for the Train Robbers, enter either of the Cedar Grove Cemetery gates and make the first left, proceeding north to the end of the road. The marker is in the northwest corner, surrounded by a
low, wrought-iron fence.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Sanderson, TX, USA
Approximate number of graves: 785
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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