Texas President Mirabeau Lamar - May 9, 2015

Cross the railroad tracks east of Highway 90 in Richmond, TX

Stop to view the old railroad bridge crossing the Brazos River

A Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway through truss bridge

Saw nothing but Kansas City Southern trains in the area today

Continue east on 2nd street until we encounter the Morton Cemetery

Namesake William Morton got a Mexican landgrant here in 1822

Cemetery map shows President Lamar is buried at the top left pink zone

Quickly find him with his wife beside a large Texas Flag

The girls pose with the 3rd President of the Republic of Texas

Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar lived from 1798 until 1859

The 2nd elected President of Texas serving from 1938-1941
He angered Houston by trying to eradicate the Cherokee Indians from Texas
Known as the father of Texas Public Education; He moved the capital to Austin

Henrietta was Lamar's 2nd wife, his 1st, Tabitha, is buried in Georgia

A Brewer headstone is a short distance away with an Aggie flag nearby

The Brewer headston just beyond Lamar's grave area

The Moore family has very interesting graves added 1920-1960's

The Wessendorff's have a nice family plot over 120 years old

John F. Montgomery (not Michael) was a Woodman of the World

Wood resemebling grave stone in place since 1907

Another proud Aggie graduate boasts a maroon headstone

Melba hasn't joined John yet and wants to see a few more football seasons

Waydene passed in 2002 and is happy she has missed the Cowboys since

Circle around Lamar's grave to view a few more interesting headstones

The Adams Father/Mother combination stone has been here almost 110 years

William Morton Memorial, his body was lost in an 1833 Brazos River flood

Morton erected the first Masonic Landmark in Texas here in 1825

The land was operated as the Richmond Masonic Cemetery from 1890-1940

A new memorial to the 1st Masonic landmark included in this marker

The girls are ready to see dinosaur bones in Sugarland now

The new masonic marker was erected in 1936 across from Lamar's 1859 tomb