From Hwy 59 in Beeville take FM 888 south 5.5 mles to 4766 FM 888 (Felicidad Ranch entrance) on west side of road. This is the entrance to the Felicidad Ranch, owned by Bill Carl since 1929. Follow the winding, private gravel road behind locked gate .9 miles (west) to Carl home. Cemetery located about .5 miles NE of home on private, not well established roads. A guide and a 4-wheel drive vehicle are necessary to reach the site. The actual site consists of 5 limestone enclosures w/out headstones and one headstone outside of the enclosures. The lone headstone could not be located at the time of my visit because of the dense brush. The site is overgrown and many snakes were seen at the site. This site needs immediate attention and the origins of the graves or who is buried here is unknown. Mr. Carl has been searching for the identities of those buried at these sites but he has had no luck at this point. Mr. Carl plans to clean the site and has done so in the past.Almost nothing is known about this site or the people that are buried here.
Felicidad Ranch
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Felicidad Ranch is a cemetery in Clareville, Bee County. It is one of 44 cemeteries documented in Bee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.3148, -97.7844 near Clareville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cook Home (historical marker), about 3.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Central District, Holubec, and San Pedro.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7025005603. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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