The Texas Spirit Quest
is a series of Caches placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have ‘walked’ before us.
There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural communities across Texas. This series will introduce you to many of them. The cache pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries, tombstones and local lore.
For any given entry in the TSQ series, I obviously try to place the cache as close to the cemetery as possible. In the case of the Pfluger Cemetery, that is not possible, as it is completely surrounded by private land. From the intersection of Cameron and Magnolia Ranch, it's actually a couple of thousand feet away, a little south of due west. You can see it quite clearly in the satellite view of the geomap if you zoom in on the fields over there.
There are 18 interments here, mostly for members of the Pfluger family that gave the nearby town its name. There is also someone from the ubiquitous Bohls clan buried here as well. The oldest date of death is 1867, and the last burial took place in 1917. The inscriptions are mostly in German, and some are quite moving. Rough translations of two of them: "Think now at my grave / How much I have loved you" and "Here rests the seed which God has sown / Here arises dust so life can come / Perishable things will be scattered / Yet it blooms to perfection". See the Related Web Page link above for a very complete survey of this site, which was done by an Eagle Scout and which comes complete with numerous pictures.
As always, any refinements to the listed coordinates are welcomed.