Freedman’s Cemetery, Dallas, TX. Part I

By |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 [...]

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Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Sunnyvale, Texas

By |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 [...]

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Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part V – Republic of Texas edition

By |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 [...]

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Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part IV

By |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 [...]

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Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part III

By |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 [...]

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Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part II

By |2020-05-04T23:59:01+00:00May 4th, 2020|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Freemasons, Uncategorized|

Rowlett Creek cemetery has many intricate headstones.  At your local cemetery, you may have noticed headstones that look like large tree branches or [...]

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Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part I

By |2020-05-03T18:18:32+00:00May 3rd, 2020|architecture, art, cemeteries, collin county, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, rowlett, rowlett creek|

Located off Rowlett Cemetery Road (just west of Custer Road) in Rowlett is one of the older cemeteries in Collin County. It belonged [...]

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Pecan Grove Cemetery, new images

By |2020-04-26T18:16:05+00:00April 26th, 2020|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, Men, quarantine, Women|

Images from Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney Texas Marjorie Fuller’s headstone The McKillop family Celtic Cross marker Harry McKillop’s headstone Photos:  Me! Taken: 4/24/2020 [...]

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