Cementerio Navarro Historico
Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Also known as the Mexican Cemetery, this burial ground has served the Mexican-American community of Lockhart since around 1900. The earliest dated burial here, of area settler Severiano Sanchez, dates to 1901. Since that time, the cemetery has served primarily Hispanic and Roman Catholic residents. A number of community leaders are interred here. Others, including business owners, farmers, laborers, ranchers, teachers and veterans of foreign conflicts dating to World War I, are also buried here. Several graves are marked by Woodmen of the World monuments, which led to the burial ground also being known as the Woodmen of the World Cemetery or Panteón de los Hacheros. Other features in the cemetery include vertical stones, plot curbing and grave slabs. In 2005, descendants of the interred formed the Cementerio Navarro Association to restore and maintain the burial ground. The association named this site Cementerio Navarro Histórico after the noted Tejano statesman and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, José Antonio Navarro. The cemetery is also near the site of the Old Navarro Elementary School, which was known historically as the Mexican School. Today, Cementerio Navarro Histórico continues to serve descendants of those buried here. It remains a chronicle of the Mexican-American pioneers of Caldwell County and a testament to the difficult and laborious circumstances under which they settled and thrived. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2005. Also HTC name and date plaque: Cementerio Navarro Historico Established 1901 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2005
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Also known as the Mexican Cemetery, this burial ground has served Lockhart's Mexican American community since about 1900, with its earliest dated grave, that of settler Severiano Sánchez, marked 1901. Community leaders, business owners, laborers, ranchers, teachers, and veterans dating to World War I rest here, many beneath the tree-shaped Woodmen of the World monuments that gave it another local name. In 2005 descendants formed an association to restore the grounds and renamed it for Tejano statesman and Texas Declaration signer José Antonio Navarro.
Why it matters
The cemetery is a lasting record of the Mexican American pioneers who settled and sustained Caldwell County, honoring a community's endurance under difficult circumstances.
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Related people
- · Severiano Sanchez
- · Jose Antonio Navarro
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