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The success of this project would not have been possible without the resources of the following:

Dallas Public Library

Reference Books found on the 8th Floor Genealogy Section:


929.37642/T283H
"History of the Old Cemetery: City-Masonic-Odd Fellows" by Willie Flowers Carlisle, 1948

929.37642/C283D
"Dallas Pioneer Park Cemetery" by Willie Flowers Carlisle, Revised Edition by James Butler Bonham Chapter of The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1994

976.42812/P346D
"Dallas: An Illustrated History" by Darwin Payne, 1982

Proud Heritage

Collected Works found on the 7th Floor Dallas & Texas History Section:

Conger Cemetery Studies

Dallas Times Herald & Dallas Morning News clippings & photocopies

Numerous miscellaneous other papers of historical significance regarding the cemetery in the Library's Vertical Files.

Online article-Dallas Morning News "1857: Pioneer Park Cemetery. Downtown's growth threatened resting place for those who helped cultivate city" by Walt Zirko

Dallas Historical Society

Old Red Foundation

Dallas Pioneer Association

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Project Designer: Julia D. Quinteros de Hernandez
September 1, 2006