Top of the agenda was the issue of locating lost or abandoned historic cemeteries, how to restore them and provide for their future care. It’s an issue many Texas communities and county ...

The Lubbock County Historical Commission and the Idalou Cemetery Association will unveil a new historical monument in a ...

She said there are 176 graves, 40 of them without headstones, at the cemetery founded in 1880. Roberts said in 2021, the Texas Historical Commission designated the property as a Historic Texas ...

After lots of hard work and countless hours poring over historical archives, two local women gathered with friends on ...

"When space was no longer available for Blacks to be buried in Oakwood, then Bethany became a reality," Spears said. "We have ...

Dating back to the first founders of New Caney in 1862, the cemetery was abandoned for many years before a joint county and ...

"One of the things I'm post passionate about is our local history room and telling stories that may not be known," Bennett said.

previously led the efforts to clean and restore the Universe Cemetery, which he first heard of through Vicki Betts, former UT Tyler librarian and member of the Smith County Historical Society.