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The Sanderson Cemetery
The Sanderson Cemetery contains the headstone
erected by the Terrell County Historical Society to mark the resting-place of
Ben Kilpatrick, AKA the Tall Texan and partner Ole Hobek, who attempted
to rob
the train at Baxter's Curve, just east of Sanderson in 1912. The actual
bodies may have been washed away in a flash flood, some years ago.
The
cemetery also contains a corner for "orphan" tombstones that were washed from
their foundations by the same flood. Arthur
Soule wrote to us that while doing research for his book The
Tall Texan, he formed life-long friendships among Sandersonians. Our few phone
calls to Sanderson have resulted in information and invitations along with the
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