Concordia Cemetery (El Paso, Texas)
Concordia Cemetery is a historic burial ground in El Paso, Texas. It was established in 1856 and covers about 52 acres. The main entrance is on Yandell Street, east of Piedras. The cemetery holds more than 60,000 graves (estimates go up to 65,000). It is known for its many gunfighters and old west lawmen, and it has the state’s only Chinese cemetery. The Chinese community arrived with the railroad and stayed. There are separate sections for Buffalo Soldiers, Freemasons, Mormons, and Jewish burials. An infant nursery contains unmarked graves of babies who died during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Some remains may lie under nearby houses. Over time, different groups bought sections, and by the 1890s there was no single owner taking care of the whole cemetery. In the 1960s the cemetery fell into poor shape. In 1990 the Concordia Heritage Association was formed to preserve it. In 2012 the Ysleta Lions Club, Five Points Lions Club, and Martin Funeral Homes donated 250 desert willows to help plant trees.
The cemetery hosts Dia de los Muertos celebrations, ghost tours, and gatherings of the John Wesley Hardin Secret Society. The Paso Del Norte Paranormal Society runs ghost tours to raise funds for maintenance, and the cemetery was featured in a 2016 episode of Ghost Adventures. In 2016–2017 True West Magazine named Concordia the Best Historic Cemetery in the West.
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