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Historical Marker
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Englewood
Cemetery
Representing the
Santa Fe Railroad, W.B. Storey, Jr. bought the future townsite of
Slaton on April
15, 1911. The railroad's plans included a roundhouse, switch lines,
depot and Harvey
House, making Slaton
a center for area rail transport. Rail employees and others quickly
populated the city, which incorporated in October 1912. By that time,
residents had established this cemetery with the burial of infant
J.W. Ohrion earlier in the year. Among the thousands of graves here
are several unmarked burials in a potter's field and veterans of military
conflicts dating to the Civil War.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004 |
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