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.
The Vasquez Cemetery is exceedingly obscure. Its existence is
acknowledged, but there are no details about who is buried here, or
even how many interments may have taken place. The site is just
over somebody's fenceline down an obscure road, and undergrowth
partially blocks the view. For sure, there is a rusting grave-sized
wrought-iron fence that is typical of those found at many older
cemeteries in this area, and beyond it there appears to be a
headstone toppled over on the ground. Cemetery transcriptionists
for Travis County vaguely allude to the possibility that there
could be several burials here, but it also might be the case that
only the single grave is to be found, or at least it might be the
only one still extant.
For various reasons, it took me five trips to find the
correct route to this poorly-documented location. And that
route...is sketchy. Williamson Road itself is amusingly ripply, and
only three-fifths of Goforth Road is paved, and marginally at that.
The remainder is pretty rough, so you should reconsider breaking
out your sweet Maybach for a geo-excursion. This backroad really
calls more for the General Lee, or perhaps the land cruiser from
"Damnation Alley". At any rate, exercise caution if you approach in
the dark. As always--any refinements to the listed coordinates are
welcomed.