(Hill of the Cross Cemetery)
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.| HM Number | HM2GTZ |
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| Year Placed | 1986 |
| Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, May 16th, 2019 at 8:01pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14R E 317160 N 3247665 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 29.34485000, -100.88331667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 29° 20.691', W 100° 52.999' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 29° 20' 41.46" N, 100° 52' 59.94" W |
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| Closest Postal Address | At or near , , |
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