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Black plaque № 25919

Pharr, TX, United States

Guadalupe Cemetery. This cemetery, named for Mexico's Patron Saint, Our Lady of Guadalupe, was established in 1913 as a public burial ground for residents of the Pharr Community. The Pharr townsite was laid out in 1909, and though ranch graveyards existed south of here, there were unavailable to new

comers. The earliest interment here, of Roberto de Leal, an infant, dates to 1913. Other burials include civic leaders, area pioneers and military veterans. The burial ground features religious statua

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