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Category Archives: Historic Cemetery Once a year families and communities across the US take time to honor the men and women who died while serving our country. Many will gather at local memorials to give their thanks to these brave men and women. Known as Decoration Day, the tradition was to decorate graves in remembrance of those people that […]  Cemeteries are a link to our past – they are full of history and stories of real people. There are approximately 50,000+ cemeteries in Texas. These range from a single unmarked grave marker to very large cemeteries with hundreds of marker. Many are forgotten and difficult to find but each are reminders of early settlements […]  Ammannsville, Texas‘ roots go back to the 1870’s and is named after the first settler, Andrew Amman. Like many of the towns in the area the early settlers were German and Czech immigrants. In 1876 the first business opened and the town had a post office by 1890. St. John the Baptist Catholic Church was […]  Hidden on the backroads of Texas are thousands of historic cemeteries that contain important bits of history of the people who settled the Lone Star State. A wonderful example of this is the Port Isabel Cemetery in Port Isabel, Texas. Every summer tens of thousands people travel on Hwy 100 through Port Isabel on there […]  In far southwest Texas a vast area known as Big Bend. This area is named for the vast curve of the Rio Grande River. Throughout the years people have passed trough this area, including Indian tribes, Spanish conquistadores, U.S. Soldiers, miners, ranchers, farmers, and many legendary outlaws and bandits. In the 1500’s several Indian tribes inhabited Big […] |
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