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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1966
Page
7
A Baytown Sun report highlights Magnolia Cemetery once Baytown's public burial ground now neglected. The site near East Fayre and North Fourth shows vandalized tombstones, cattle sheds, and debris, with several marked 1920s obituaries and Spanish inscriptions noting immigrant graves.
Records reveal Magnolia Cemetery in East Goose Creek was dedicated for burial purposes by the Wright family on May 24, 1918, with a 1922 23 land deal for a Mexican burial association. Officials seek city control and possible legal steps to regulate subsequent use amid complaints of indiscriminate burials.
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