Pioneer Park Cemetery is a conglomeration of four graveyards with the remains of several of the city's earliest founders. It is located in the Convention Center District of downtown

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, US, and directly east of Pioneer Plaza. The four graveyards were known as

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Cemetery, the Odd Fellow's Cemetery, the Jewish Cemetery, and the City Cemetery.

History

Established in 1849, Pioneer Park Cemetery is the final resting place for four Dallas mayors, early city business leaders, and fighters from the Texas Revolution. John McClannahan Crockett, Dallas mayor and

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during the

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, is among those buried here. The last person was interred in the cemetery in 1921.

Confederate War Memorial

Originally located in Old City Park, the '' Confederate War Memorial'' was moved to Pioneer Park Cemetery in 1961 to accommodate construction of R.L. Thornton Freeway. The

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approved removal of the monument in February 2019 but the effort was blocked by a state appeals court. In June 2020, during nationwide

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, the appeals court approved the immediate removal of the monument to prevent injury to protesters during potential attempts to topple it, and it was removed later that month for storage at the Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex.

Notable burials

* John McClannahan Crockett (1816–1887), Texas politician *

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(1827–1882), Dallas Mayor and Civil War Confederate Army officer * Samuel B. Pryor (1816–1866), Dallas Mayor and Confederate Army lieutenant

References

External links

Hidden History of Dallas
* {{Downtown Dallas Cemeteries in Dallas Downtown Dallas Parks in Dallas History of Dallas Odd Fellows cemeteries in the United States Cemeteries established in the 1840s 1849 establishments in Texas