- The Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery is the main prison cemetery in Texas, located in Huntsville and operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice...
- Yes, there is a prison graveyard, the Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, TX. It has existed since the mid-1800s when the first prisoner was buried there.
- SAN MARCOS – The Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery, located in Huntsville, Texas, becomes home to the approximate 100 inmates who die in the Texas prison system...
- The Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery is open to the public and is one of the most well maintained cemeteries that you'll find anywhere.
- ...has a rich history and what follows are photos I took on my visit, accompanied by what I learned in doing some research on the Captain Joe Byrd Prison Cemetery.
- The cemetery was badly maintained and had no written records until the 1970s. In 1962, the assistant warden for the Walls Unit, Captain Joe Byrd, undertook a...
- In the 1960's Captain Joe Byrd, a long time assistant warden at the Walls Unit, cleaned up the cemetery and added concrete crosses to graves that could not be...
- Invited Speech Presented as part of the two day remembrance ceremony for the Captain Joe Byrd Prison Cemetery in Huntsville, TX.
- Posts about Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery written by CrimeScribe.
Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery
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