Babb Cemetery
Langtry, Val Verde County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Babb Cemetery Established ca. 1898 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2008
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Established around 1898 in the rugged country near Langtry in Val Verde County, Babb Cemetery holds the graves of families who settled this remote stretch of the lower Pecos during West Texas's ranching and railroad era. Its designation as a Historic Texas Cemetery recognizes the burial ground as a lasting record of a small frontier community.
Why it matters
Rural cemeteries like this one are often the only surviving trace of the hardscrabble settlements that anchored West Texas at the turn of the twentieth century.
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