Valenzuela Ranch Cemetery
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Valenzuela Ranch Cemetery

Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas, USA

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    Coordinates: 29.22368, -103.58160
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This cemetery is situated atop a hill on the east bank of Terlingua Creek, at the old Felix

Valenzuela Ranch site. It contains 15 graves, consisting of piles of rocks, several of which have

remnants of wooden crosses. The cemetery is marked on the USGS "Castolon" topo map.



Felix Valenzuela had four mule wagons and over 30 mules at this location, which he used to run a

freight service for the area mines. In 1929 he became a Constable of Terlingua. In 1938 he made a

traffic stop of a suspected liquor smuggler, and was shot to death.



Directions:

From Luna's on Maverick Road, drive west on Maverick until it turns southwest. Pull off and park,

then hike northwest 1.3 miles. The park boundary fence runs right across the hill, atop which is

the cemetery, on the east bank of Terlingua Creek. The ruins of the Valenzuela Ranch lie at the

bottom of the west side of the hill. Get a GPS fix on your truck before you start, because you'll

be hiking back through a whole lot of flat nothingness with no landmarks.












This cemetery is situated atop a hill on the east bank of Terlingua Creek, at the old Felix

Valenzuela Ranch site. It contains 15 graves, consisting of piles of rocks, several of which have

remnants of wooden crosses. The cemetery is marked on the USGS "Castolon" topo map.



Felix Valenzuela had four mule wagons and over 30 mules at this location, which he used to run a

freight service for the area mines. In 1929 he became a Constable of Terlingua. In 1938 he made a

traffic stop of a suspected liquor smuggler, and was shot to death.



Directions:

From Luna's on Maverick Road, drive west on Maverick until it turns southwest. Pull off and park,

then hike northwest 1.3 miles. The park boundary fence runs right across the hill, atop which is

the cemetery, on the east bank of Terlingua Creek. The ruins of the Valenzuela Ranch lie at the

bottom of the west side of the hill. Get a GPS fix on your truck before you start, because you'll

be hiking back through a whole lot of flat nothingness with no landmarks.












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  • Added: 15 Feb 2012
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2437749