Bailey Cemetery
Canutillo, El Paso County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Established 1880 Historic Texas Cemetery – 2012
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Bailey Cemetery near Canutillo dates to 1880, when the far western tip of Texas was still a sparsely settled frontier along the Rio Grande. Burial grounds like this one anchored the small farming and railroad communities that took root in the El Paso valley after the railroads arrived. Its designation as a Historic Texas Cemetery recognizes it as a lasting record of those early settlers.
Why it matters
Frontier cemeteries preserve the names and families of the ordinary people who first put down roots in West Texas, keeping local memory alive where written records are thin.
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