Freedman’s Cemetery, Dallas TX. Part II
After a brief Aunt Jemima/Nancy Green detour, we are back to the Freedman's Cemetery in Dallas. In my first post, I mentioned that [...]
By Greta|2020-06-25T23:12:10+00:00June 25th, 2020|Black History, cemeteries, Dallas History, Deaths|
After a brief Aunt Jemima/Nancy Green detour, we are back to the Freedman's Cemetery in Dallas. In my first post, I mentioned that [...]
By Greta|2020-06-23T20:59:41+00:00June 23rd, 2020|Black History, Chicago world's fair|
Did you know that the original 'Aunt Jemima', Nancy Green, has been buried for 90 years without a headstone in a Chicago cemetery? [...]
By Greta|2020-06-20T21:23:23+00:00June 20th, 2020|architecture, art, Black History, cemeteries, Civil War, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths|
The Freedman's Cemetery in Dallas is a one acre plot that is bordered to the west by the Temple Emanu-El Jewish Cemetery and [...]
By Greta|2020-05-30T16:59:40+00:00May 30th, 2020|architecture, cemeteries, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, graves, murphy|
Coming at you with another wee hidden cemetery from the DFW area. This is the McMillen Cemetery in Murphy. The cemetery was on [...]
By Greta|2020-05-30T16:46:39+00:00May 25th, 2020|Uncategorized|
This cemetery is also known as the William Andrew Murphy cemetery or the Mouldon cemetery. This is a very small, very quaint and [...]
By Greta|2020-05-19T00:07:46+00:00May 19th, 2020|architecture, art, cemeteries, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, garland, white bronze|
Where in the heck is Sunnyvale, you ask? It makes a triangle with Garland to the north and Mesquite to the west. The [...]
By Greta|2020-05-18T02:38:13+00:00May 18th, 2020|Uncategorized|
I stumbled upon the Collinsworth Historical Cemetery in Plano after a quick Google map search. It is a wee cemetery tucked in to [...]
By Greta|2020-05-12T16:33:20+00:00May 12th, 2020|architecture, art, cemeteries, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, graves, rowlett, rowlett creek|
Rounding out our interesting headstones from the Rowlett Creek Cemetery in Plano, I present the double headstone of the Baccuses. Jacob Baccus and [...]
By Greta|2020-05-06T20:44:31+00:00May 6th, 2020|Accessories, architecture, art, cemeteries, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, graves, rowlett creek|
Closing out our cool Woodmen of the World headstones (but not our Rowlett Creek cemetery series!), I present for your visual enjoyment the [...]
By Greta|2020-05-05T16:37:15+00:00May 5th, 2020|architecture, art, cemeteries, collin county, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths|
For our next interesting headstone in Rowlett Creek Cemetery, I bring you Bettie, wife of A.J. Ogle. Bettie was chosen because she has [...]