Historic cemeteries in Zapata, Texas
Alejandrenas Cemetery
Bustamante Cemetery
Calleja Cemetery
Camaron Cemetery
Cemeterio Del Pueblo Cemetery
Dolores Nuevo Cemetery
Dolores Viejo Cemetery
Falcon Cemetery
Garcia Cemetery #1
Garcia Cemetery #2
Las Ovejas Graves Cemetery
Lopeno Cemetery
New Ramireno Cemetery
New Soledad Cemetery
New Uribeno Cemetery
Old Lopeno Cemetery
Old Ramireno Cemetery
Potrero Ranch Cemetery
Ranchito Cemetery
Trevino Cemetery
Unknown Cemetery #1
Unknown Cemetery #2
Unknown Cemetery #3
Uribe Cemetery
Zapata Cemetery #1
Zapata Cemetery #2
The first oil well in the United States was drilled in Texas in 1859. The discovery of oil transformed the economy of the state and helped to make Texas one of the wealthiest states in the nation.