Dionicio Guerra Family Cemetery
Mirando City vicinity, Webb County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Dionicio Guerra Family Cemetery Established ca. 1878 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2000
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This small family burial ground was established around 1878 by the Guerra family in the ranching country of Webb County, in the Spanish- and Mexican-descended borderlands of South Texas. Family cemeteries like this one dotted the region's ranches, marking where generations of settlers lived, worked the land, and were laid to rest. It was formally recognized as a Historic Texas Cemetery in 2000.
Why it matters
Rural family cemeteries preserve the memory of the Tejano ranching families whose roots on the land long predate the modern towns around them.
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