Historical Cultural Landmarks
OLD BAYVIEW CEMETERY
WACO & WEST BROADWAY STREETS
This cemetery was formally laid out by General Zachary Taylor’s engineers between 1845-1846. On September 12, 1845, ten men were killed and fourteen wounded when the steamer Dayton exploded near Ingleside. Lacking a proper burial ground for the men of the Dayton, General Taylor commissioned his engineers to survey the site for cemetery purposes. Many area pioneer families and veterans of the wars are buried here. The cemetery is landscaped with oleander shrubs, mesquite trees and date palms. Monuments are primarily upright in marble, pink and gray granite, metal and some concrete curbing. Ethnic distribution of those buried includes Black, White, Hispanic, and Irish.
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