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Bushdale
Cemetery entrance
TE photo, 2001 |
Bushdale
was a German town that never grew beyond a one-room school and a business
or two. After the school was consolidated with the Rockdale ISD, the
community lost what little identity it had. Bushdale no longer appears
on highway maps, official or otherwise.
The Cemetery is the only reminder that a community did exist. The
founders and early inhabitants of Bushdale remain together as they
did in life.
Immediately after entering through the gate, you'll see the headless
torso of a fallen statue. This was a Union officer who served during
the Civil War and one has to wonder if the desecration of his grave
was simply vandalism or a posthumous revenge by bitter Confederates.
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The
fallen Union Officer
TE photo, 2001 |
He survived
the war, but fell in peace.
TE photo, 2001 |
Parking
problems are everywhere.
TE photo, 2001 |
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new bench, a plaque and a new wooden bulletin board show that the
Texas Historical Commission has recently included the Bushdale cemetery
in their cemetery program. |
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