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 Guadalupe Cemetery Posted by:  PeterNoG
N 26° 11.961 W 098° 11.308
14R E 581080 N 2898014
This Texas Historical Marker is near the gazebo in the south half of the Guadalupe Cemetery, south of West Bell Avenue between North Dahlia Street and North Canna Street in Pharr, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMK9ZF
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2014
Views: 4
Marker Title: Guadalupe Cemetery
Address:
City: Pharr
County: Hidalgo
Subject Codes: graveyards; Mexican immigrants/immigration; Anglo American
Year Marker Erected: 2008
Designations: na
Marker Location: intersection of Bella & Canna Sts.
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 14165
Marker Text:
This cemetery, named for Mexico's Patron Saint, Our Lady of Guadalupe, was established in 1913 as a public burial ground for residents of the Pharr Community. The Pharr townsite was laid out in 1909, and though ranch graveyards existed south of here, they were unavailable to newcomers. The earliest interment here, of Roberto de Leal, an infant, dates to 1913. Other burials include civic leaders, area pioneers and military veterans. The burial ground features religious statuary, curbing and interior fencing. The city of Pharr is the caretaker of the cemetery, and in 2003 joined volunteers of the Texas Main Street Program for a project to improve the burial ground.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2007
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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