| Marker Number |
777 |
| Atlas Number |
5465000777 |
| Marker Title |
Cementerio Loma De La Cruz (Hill of the Cross Cemetery) |
| Index Entry |
Cementerio Loma De La Cruz |
| Address |
|
| City |
Del Rio |
| County |
Val Verde |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
317157 |
| UTM Northing |
3247621 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; Mexican immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year |
1986 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from intersection of US 277 and Garza--W. on Garza, S. on Artega, W. on Noriega to Punta Colorado, then over the bridge; continue 100 yds on dirt road and cemetery is on the left
LONG: 100'53.00W
Follow Noriega St. West passing residential area, field etc., cross bridge - 100 yards further are gates to cemetery, Del Rio. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Early land developer Paula Losoya Taylor Rivers (ca. 1830-1902) realized that the people of Del Rio's Mexican Colony had no official cemetery in which to bury their dead. She donated four acres to be designated as a cemetery in 1884. Also buried here are three former U. S. Army Indian Scouts and the Rev. Ramon V. Palomares, first pastor of Del Rio's Mexican American Methodist Church. A cross placed at the top of a hill gave the cemetery its name. The last burial here took place in 1933. A cemetery association restored and maintains the graveyard. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986. |
