Pioneer Graveyard
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linkys
N 31° 25.849 W 103° 29.345
13R E 643596 N 3478335
Early graveyard for railroad workers that predated the town now stands forlornly, a short distance from town, but next to the tracks in Pecos.
Waymark Code: WMAHHJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2011
Views: 9
Texas State Historical Survey Committee marker
from the Atlas:
Index Entry: Pioneer Graveyard
Address: East A St.
City: Pecos
County: Reeves
Subject Codes: graveyards; railroads
Year Marker Erected: 1966
Marker Location: East A Street (Co Rd. 401) 2 blks. E of Intersection of A St. & Locust, Pecos
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 4029
Marker Text:
Earliest Pecos landmark. Started with burial of men in hazardous work of building Texas & Pacific Railroad, 1881. Used over 30 years by settlers in the Pecos Valley. First markers, of native red stone or wood, have now been lost or effaced in sandstorms and floods. (1966)
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