Cementerio Loma De La Cruz

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.

Cementerio Loma De La Cruz is a historical marker in Del Rio, Val Verde County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 61 historical markers documented in Val Verde County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 78 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.3460, -100.8833 near Del Rio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Italian Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cementerio La Loma De La Cruz, Old San Felipe Cemetery, and San Felipe Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5465000777. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.