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Preece Cemetery This cemetery not too far from Steiner Ranch once served as the final resting place for those who worked the land in this rapidly urbanizing area.

The large Texas flag that flies over the cemetery shown with the state capital in the distance. [Texas State Cemetery]

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Small rural Cemetery Bing-GTX visited Rocky Hollow Cemetery
A neglected cemetery Bing-GTX visited Burdett Prairie Cemetery
Hidden cemetery Bing-GTX visited Greenwood Cemetery
Northern most of three adjacent Cemeteries Bing-GTX visited Mt Horeb Cemetery
Centeral of three adjacent Cemeteries Bing-GTX visited Mather Family Cemetery

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