Historical Marker
Pioneer Graveyard
Historical marker location:
East A St., Pecos, Texas
( East A Street (Co Rd. 401) 2 blks. E of Intersection of A St. & Locust, Pecos)
Marker installed: 1966
Earliest Pecos landmark. Started with burial of men in hazardous work of building Texas & Pacific Railroad, 1881. Used over 30 years by settlers in the Pecos Valley. First markers, of native red stone or wood, have now been lost or effaced in sandstorms and floods. (1966).